Dextran, MW ca 40,000

Dextran is used in a bead form to aid in bioreactor applications, some size-exclusion chromatography matrices and in osmotic stress technique study involved in biological molecules. It can be used as a stabilizing coating to protect metal nanoparticles

General Description

• Dextran is a glucose polymer biosynthesized by the non-pathogenic Leuconostoc mesenteroides

Application

• Dextran is a complex branched glucan that can be used to en