Form
Powder
Appearance
White crystalline powder
Source
Synthetic
Ammonia
Not more than 0.05%
Absorbance
(6M) 280nm : ≤0.5
pH
(6M): 4.5-6.0
Melting Point
115-122 °C
Loss on Drying
≤0.3%
Guanidine thiocyanate is a freely soluble chaotropic agent routinely used for DNA/RNA extraction protocols.
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593-84-0
CN3H5 •HSCN
118.16
Extraction of cellular DNA and RNA releases DNase and RNase proteins which function by denaturing DNA and RNA respectively. Guanidine thiocyanate is a preferred chemical to use during cell lysis because of its ability to irreversibly inactivate these degrading nucleases. In addition to its chaotropic properties, guanidine thiocyanate has also shown to inactivate enveloped viruses and some non-enveloped viruses.
2-8 °C
2925.29.9000
Powder
White crystalline powder
Synthetic
Not more than 0.05%
(6M) 280nm : ≤0.5
(6M): 4.5-6.0
115-122 °C
≤0.3%