Sigma-Aldrich Glycerol CAS 56-81-5

1,2,3-Propanetriol; Glycerin. Glycerol has been used as:a component of mounting medium for immunofluorescencea supplement during cell culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium.a fuel during the designing of enzymatic biofuel cells.a liquid composite matrix with ...1,2,3-Propanetriol; Glycerin. Glycerol has been used as:a component of mounting medium for immunofluorescencea supplement during cell culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium.a fuel during the designing of enzymatic biofuel cells.a liquid composite matrix with 4-HCCA and 3-aminoquinoline for analysis of neutral and acidic glycans.a matrix for fast atom bombardment MS.Glycerol may be employed as a liquid matrix for the quantification studies by MALDI (Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry) analysis.

This product has been analyzed for the presence of nucleases and proteases. Glycerol is odourless, colorless, viscous in nature, and exists as a sweet tasting liquid. It can be derived naturally as well as from petrochemical feedstock.

Glycerol has a wide variety of applications, and is one of the most valuable and versatile chemical substances in nature. It can be used as an emollient, solvent, sweetening agent, in pharmaceutical formulations, cosmetics, foodstuffs and toiletries. It is very stable and can be easily stored under normal temperature; also it is non-irritating and has no adverse impact to the environment.