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agarose

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[ah-guh-rohs, -rohz] / ˈɑ gəˌroʊs, -ˌroʊz /

noun

Chemistry.
  1. a substance obtained from agar and used for chromatographic separations.


Etymology

Origin of agarose

First recorded in 1965–70; agar + -ose 2


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Combining chitosan, a biopolymer that makes crab shells hard, with agarose, a biopolymer extracted from seaweed that is used to make gels, creates unique biopolymer composite films with enhanced strength.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2023

The biopolymer composites are about four times stronger than agarose films alone, the research shows, and also resist E.coli, a commonly studied bacterium.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2023

Usually the gel is made of a chemical called agarose.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

DNA was purified twice with Beckman Coulter Genomics AMPure XP magnetic beads and assessed by standard agarose gel electrophoresis and Thermo Fisher Scientific Qubit Fluorometry.

From Nature ● Feb. 7, 2017

Worms were anaesthetized on an agarose pad with a 5-l droplet of 0.625mM levamisole hydrochloride in water for 20s before a coverslip was placed on top, and the worms were imaged immediately.

From Nature ● Apr. 4, 2014

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