Description

• General description: Bovine serum albumin (BSA) is a 66 kDa globular protein crucial for transporting molecules like fatty acids, drugs and hormones from the bloodstream.[1] BSA is a drug carrier for bioactive compounds and has wide clinical applications.[2] BSA has extensive usage in biological research including cell culture, molecular biology, protein biochemistry, and detection techniques.[3] It has wide pharmaceutical applications due to ease of production and interaction flexibility.[4]
• Application: Bovine serum albumin has been used:as a standard in bradford protein estimation method in yeast cells[5]in elispot assay of blood cells[6]as a blocking agent in immunohistochemical studies of transplant[7]as a blocking agent in western blotting of human gastric cancer cell lines[8]
• Biochem/physiol Actions: Certain conformational and primary-sequence epitopes of BSA are suspected allergens in human beef and milk allergies.
• Features and Benefits: Tested for use in cell cultureLow endotoxin
• Preparation Note: Prepared by salt fractionation, ion exchange, and gel filtration chromatography.