Glycerol, also known as Glycerin, is a polyol compound that is an essential reagent to have on hand in any lab. With an extensive range of applications, Glycerol is most commonly used as a component in storage buffers for bacterial cell culture and protein stabilization. The presence of Glycerin can significanly improve transfection yields.

Molecular Biology Grade Glycerol is of >99% purity. For best results, Glycerol is generally used at a 5-10% concentration in polyacrylamide gel preparation.

bioWORLD carries a number of Glycerol-containing products, including loading buffers, agar plates, and sterile broth media.

bioWORLD's products are supplied for LABORATORY RESEARCH USE ONLY. The product may not be used as a drug, agricultural or pesticidal product, food additive or as a household chemical.

References:

See "Glycerol enhancement of ligand-polylysine/DNA transfection" by PubMed.