Description

• General description: Silver nitrate stains substance with brown-black color.[1] It is unstable at a temperature >100°C and loses its chromatographic properties.[2]
• Application: Silver nitrate has been used:in the synthesis of colloidal silver nanoparticles[3] in von Kossa staining of differentiated osteogenically driven human mesenchymal stem cells,[4] osteoblasts and mineralized nodules[5]in the approach of developing a new myelin silver stain[6]
• Biochem/physiol Actions: Silver nitrate solution is originally used as an antiseptic agent and to treat burn wounds. Treatment with hypotonic silver nitrate solution might result in hyponatremia, an electrolyte abnormality.[1]
• Disclaimer: The product is not intended for use as a biocide under global biocide regulations, including but not limited to US EPA′s Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, European Biocidal Products Regulation, Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency, Turkey’s Biocidal Products Regulation, Korea’s Consumer Chemical Products and Biocide Safety Management Act (K-BPR) and others.