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Ficoll® 400

BioXtra, Type 400-DL, lyophilized powder

Synonym(s):

Polysucrose 400

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CAS Number:
26873-85-8
MDL number:
MFCD00081599
UNSPSC Code:
12352201
NACRES:
NA.25

type

Type 400-DL

Quality Level

200

product line

BioXtra

form

lyophilized powder

impurities

≤0.0005% Phosphorus (P)
≤0.1% Insoluble matter

ign. residue

<0.1%

color

white

solubility

water: soluble

anion traces

chloride (Cl-): ≤0.05%
sulfate (SO42-): ≤0.05%

cation traces

Al: ≤0.0005%
Ca: ≤0.001%
Cu: ≤0.0005%
Fe: ≤0.0005%
K: ≤0.005%
Mg: ≤0.001%
NH4+: ≤0.05%
Na: ≤0.01%
Pb: ≤0.001%
Zn: ≤0.0005%

storage temp.

15-25°C

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Application

Ficoll® 400 is used together with sodium diatrizoate (Paque) to create Ficoll-Paque, a density mixture, used for the separation of cells and organelles, especially lymphocytes and monocytes from blood. Ficoll 400® may be used for the development of new cell and organelle separation systems. Ficoll 400 is used in tissue engineering and macromolecular conformation research for the development, evaluation and use of macromolecular crowding (MMC) systems and configurations.
Used for cell separation and organelle isolation.

Other Notes

A nonionic synthetic polymer of sucrose.
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Legal Information

Ficoll is a registered trademark of Cytiva

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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Soluble form of the endothelial adhesion molecule CD146 binds preferentially CD16+ monocytes.
Garibaldi S, Barisione C, Ghigliotti G, et al.
Molecular Biology Reports, 39(6), 6745-6752 (2011)
Bo Chen et al.
Tissue engineering. Part C, Methods, 19(8), 586-595 (2013-02-21)
Macromolecular crowding (MMC) has been shown to have a beneficial effect on production and maturation of extracellular matrices in a monolayer cell culture model. To explore its potential in tissue engineering, a mixture of Ficoll 70 and Ficoll 400 is
Xiaoran Liu et al.
Molecular and cellular biochemistry, 363(1-2), 53-63 (2011-12-06)
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). More than 44% of these patients present with generalized atherosclerosis at autopsy. It is accepted that endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) participate
Yanyan Xu et al.
Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery, 24(4), 406-409 (2010-05-13)
The purity and activity of islets will greatly affect the outcome of xenotransplantation therapy of type 1 diabetes mellitus. To set up an improved method of the isolation and purification of rat islets, which can obtain high-purity, high-yield, and high-viability
Selective Expansion of CD34+ Cells from Mouse Bone Marrow Cultured on LH/P MP-Coated Plates with Adequate Cytokines.
Kishimoto S, Ishihara M, Kanatani Y, et al.
Journal of Tissue Engineering, 2, doi: 10-doi: 10 (2011)
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Protocols

Ficoll® 400 for Gradient Centrifugation

Ficoll 400® is a highly branched polymer formed by the copolymerization of sucrose and epichlorohydrin. Ficoll 400® is completely non-ionic. Because of the abundance of hydroxyl groups, Ficoll 400® is very hydrophilic and extremely water-soluble.

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