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agarose

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000160

A polysaccharide present in agar and responsible for its gelling. It consists of residues of 3,6-anhydo-L-galactose and D-galactose. It is used as a medium for gel chromatography.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000160
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
Synonymssepharose
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsogalactans; agar gel electrophoresis
TranslationsSpanish: agarosa
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000160",
  "term": "agarose",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A polysaccharide present in agar and responsible for its gelling. It consists of residues of 3,6-anhydo-L-galactose and D-galactose. It is used as a medium for gel chromatography.",
  "synonyms": [
    "sepharose"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "galactans",
    "agar gel electrophoresis"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "agarosa"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/agarose/"
}

Record 160 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.