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81381

Mowiol® 4-88

Mw ~31,000

Synonym(s):

Poly(vinyl alcohol)

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
[-CH2CHOH-]n
CAS Number:
NACRES:
NA.23
UNSPSC Code:
12352104
MDL number:
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form

crystals

Quality Segment

mol wt

Mw ~31,000

extent of labeling

86.7-88.7 mol% hydrolysis, ~630 polymerization

ign. residue

≤1.0%

viscosity

3.5-4.5 mPa.s, 4 % in H2O(20 °C)

InChI

1S/C2H4O/c1-2-3/h2-3H,1H2

InChI key

IMROMDMJAWUWLK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Mowiol® is a water soluble hydrocolloid mucoadhesive based on poly (vinyl alcohol). Mowiol® at pH 8.5 has a couple of advantages over other mounting media:
  • its a liquid when the sample is mounted and solidifies after several hours, forming a permanent bond between the coverslip and slide
  • fluorescence is stable when held in dark and at 4oC.

Application

Mowiol® is used as an embedding medium for preserving stained cell dishes in the study of siRNA array production of HeLa cells. Mowiol® is also reported to be used as a mounting medium in:
  • design of TSAR and its applications
  • detection of the secreted and cytoplasmic fractions of IpaB, IpaC and IpaD by lysozyme permeabilization
  • fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP).

Mowiol® may be used as a coating for sensors based on piezoelectric quartz crystals. Another probable use of Mowiol® is during the study of super fluorescence imaging of biocompatible carbon dots.

Legal Information

Mowiol is a registered trademark of Kuraray Europe GmbH


Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

No data available

flash_point_c

No data available

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)



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