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L7026

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Lithium chloride solution

8 M, for molecular biology, ≥99%

Synonym(s):

LiCl

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
LiCl
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
42.39
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.31

grade

for molecular biology

Quality Level

assay

≥99%

concentration

8 M

anion traces

sulfate (SO42-): ≤0.01%

cation traces

Ba: ≤0.003%
Fe: ≤0.001%
K: ≤0.01%
Na: ≤0.20%
heavy metals (as Pb): ≤0.002%

foreign activity

DNase, RNase, protease, none detected

SMILES string

[Li+].[Cl-]

InChI

1S/ClH.Li/h1H;/q;+1/p-1

InChI key

KWGKDLIKAYFUFQ-UHFFFAOYSA-M

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Application

Lithium chloride solution has been used:
  • to obtain LiClPAM3 DCs form of dendritic cell
  • in LiCl buffer preparation for immunoprecipitation
  • in the preparation of wash buffer
  • in the preparation of radioimmunoprecipitation assay (RIPA) wash buffer

May be used to selectively precipitate RNA.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Lithium chloride has the ability to block glycogen synthase kinase (GSK). It may also possess anti-inflammatory effects at low and non-toxic concentrations.

Preparation Note

Prepared with 18 megaohm water
0.2 μm filtered

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Warning

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class

12 - Non Combustible Liquids

wgk_germany

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter


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