agarose

American  

[ah-guh-rohs, -rohz] / ˈɑ gəˌroʊs, -ˌroʊz /

noun

Chemistry.

1. a substance obtained from agar and used for chromatographic separations.

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Etymology

Origin of agarose

First recorded in 1965–70; agar + -ose ²

Example Sentences

The strong chitosan micro- and nanoscale fibrils are hierarchically branched to provide strength and stability to the agarose film where they are embedded.

From Science Daily • Dec. 11, 2023

The biopolymer composites are about four times stronger than agarose films alone, the research shows, and also resist E.coli, a commonly studied bacterium.

From Science Daily • Dec. 11, 2023

Usually the gel is made of a chemical called agarose.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

In brief, nuclei were isolated from leaves of one-month-old plants, and embedded in agarose plugs.

From Nature • May 8, 2018

Worms were anaesthetized on an agarose pad with a 5-l droplet of 0.625mM levamisole hydrochloride in water for 20s before a coverslip was placed on top, and the worms were imaged immediately.

From Nature • Apr. 4, 2014