Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is a highly active solvent and pharmaceutical vehicle. In cell culture DMSO is used for freezing cells.
The solvent is as well applied in gradient centrifugation (1) and determination of cysteine and cystine in proteins (2).

Assay MP d20 °C Water (KF)

min. 99.0 % min. 18.0 °C 1.1 max. 0.3 %

References:

1. Kelly, R.B. & Sinsheimer, R.L. (1967) J. Mol. Biol. 29, 229-36
2. Spencer, R.L. & Wold, F. (1969) Anal. Biochem. 32, 185-90

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