Ammonium nitrate
Plant Cell Culture Tested
Product Number A3795
Store at Room Temperature
Product Description Preparation Instructions
Molecular Formula: NH4NO3 This product is soluble in water (100 mg/ml), yielding a
Molecular Weight: 80.04 clear, colorless solution. The pH of a 0.1 M solution of
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CAS Number: 6484-52-2 ammonium nitrate in water is 5.43.
This product is plant cell culture tested (0.6 mg/ml) References
and is appropriate for plant cell culture applications. 1. The Merck Index, 12th ed., Entry# 567.
2. Zhu, Y. G., et al., Plant growth and cation
Ammonium nitrate is a reagent that is used in the composition of two cultivars of spring wheat
manufacture of such products as fertilizers, matches, (Triticum aestivum L.) differing in P uptake
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and nitrous oxide. It is utilized in the treatment of efficiency. J. Exp. Bot., 52(359), 1277-1282
titanium ores. Ammonium nitrate is also an ammonia (2001).
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source in plant culture. 3. Rawat, S. R., et al., AtAMT1 gene expression and
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NH4 uptake in roots of Arabidopsis thaliana:
Ammonium nitrate has been used as a precipitant in evidence for regulation by root glutamine levels.
the crystallization of the glycosylated inhibitor of Plant J., 19(2), 143-152 (1999).
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cathepsin D and trypsin isolated from potato tubers. 4. Baudys, M., et al., Crystallization and preliminary
The use of ammonium nitrate in the analysis of binding crystallographic study of cathepsin D inhibitor from
chelators and their metal complexes by anion- potatoes. J. Mol. Biol., 218(1), 21-22 (1991).
exchange chromatography and inductively coupled 5. Ammann, A. A., Determination of strong binding
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plasma mass spectrometry has been studied. The chelators and their metal complexes by anion-
effect of the concentration of various nutrients, exchange chromatography and inductively
including ammonium nitrate, on cell growth and coupled plasma mass spectrometry. J.
production of nystatin by Streptomyces noursei has Chromatogr. A, 947(2), 205-216 (2002).
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been investigated. The use of ammonium nitrate in 6. Jonsbu, E., et al., Effects of nitrogen sources on
the biotreatment of hydrocarbons-contaminated soils cell growth and production of nystatin by
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has been described. Streptomyces noursei. J. Antibiot. (Tokyo),
53(12), 1354-1362 (2000).
A Fourier-transform infrared absorbance and 7. Juteau, P., et al., Improving the biotreatment of
transmittance study of ammonium nitrate in the hydrocarbons-contaminated soils by addition of
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2-20 µm range has been published. activated sludge taken from the wastewater
treatment facilities of an oil refinery.
Precautions and Disclaimer Biodegradation, 14(1), 31-40 (2003).
This product is for R&D use only, not for drug, 8. Jarzembski, M. A., et al., Complex refractive index
household, or other uses. Please consult the Material of ammonium nitrate in the 2-20 µm spectral
Safety Data Sheet for information regarding hazards range. Appl. Opt., 42(6), 922-930 (2003).
and safe handling practices.
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