Description
Bacitracin zinc is a zinc complex of the polypeptide antibiotic bacitracin, supplied as a laboratory biochemical reagent. It is identified by CAS number 1405-89-6 and the empirical formula C₆₆H₁₀₁N₁₇O₁₆SZn, with a molar mass of 1486,06 g/mol. These molecular parameters support precise specification in ordering, batch documentation, and experimental protocols. The product is Available from manufacturer Carl ROTH in its chemicals and biochemicals range, the material is presented with clear CAS, formula, and molar-mass data only, without additional purity or performance claims. Laboratories working in biochemistry, antimicrobial research, or culture-media preparation can use this grade where bacitracin zinc is required as a defined reagent. Professional handling, weighing, and storage practices should be observed. Identity data facilitate inventory control and cross-checking against safety and quality files throughout the laboratory workflow.
This article is part of Antibiotics & antimycotics, in Biochemicals & reagents.
Key features
- Colour: white to light tan
- Form: powder
- Potency: ≥65 IU/mg
- Bacitracin A: ≥40 %
- Zinc (Zn): 4-6 %
- CAS number: 1405-89-6
- Pack sizes: 10 g, 25 g, 50 g
- Empirical formula: C₆₆H₁₀₁N₁₇O₁₆SZn
- Molar mass: 1486,06 g/mol
- Storage temperature: +2 to +8 °C
- Weight: 0,028 kg
- Technical Information Sheet:
- Safety Data Sheet:
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What is this article?
Bacitracin zinc, 10 g is the article on this page. Luminix Health distributes Carl Roth for laboratory use. It sits in Antibiotics & antimycotics, inside Biochemicals & reagents, in Microbiology lab supplies.
An antibiotic or an antimycotic for laboratory use is specified by potency, often micrograms per milligram, and by the spectrum it is used for in media. A hydrate and a free base differ in mass. Sterile solutions ready for culture and the dry powder are different articles. This is not a medicine for a patient.
A biochemical is a molecule of life, sold as a reagent: an amino acid, a sugar, a nucleotide, a lipid, an enzyme, an antibiotic. The difference from a bulk chemical is that the use is a biological one, and the impurities that matter are the ones that change that use. An enzyme is specified by activity, not only by mass. An antibiotic is specified by potency. Papers are on PubMed. Structures are on PubChem. Strains and lines that consume these reagents are at ATCC.
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Shelves beside this one are Amino acids & peptides, Carbohydrates & sugars, Coenzymes, nucleotides & vitamins, Biochemicals (other), Enzymes & substrates, Lipids, steroids & fatty acids and Detergents & surfactants.
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