Application

Ficoll^® has been used in Isolation of cord blood mononuclear cells Isolation of CD133 negative cells Isolation and expansion of circulating endothelial progenitor cells.

General description

Ficoll^® Solution is a highly branched polymer of sucrose, also known as polydisperse mixtures of dextran. Ficoll^® molecules are inert and not re-absorbed by proximal tubules. The structure is open and deformable, and not a rigid sphere thereby becoming a preferred choice in “crowding” experiments.

Used in electrophoresis and as a hapten carrier. Most commonly used to prepare density gradients.

Legal Information

Ficoll is a registered trademark of Cytiva

Other Notes

A nonionic synthetic polymer of sucrose.