Merck, B1502-1G, Brain Extract from bovine brain

General description
Brain extract has lipids, especially polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) at high level. Extract from substantia niagra and the striatum has high amount of iron.
Application
Brain Extract from bovine brain has been used:
to prepare small unilamellar vesicles
in lipid binding assay
to aid the recovery of phosphoinositides and also to terminate the reaction in phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate (PtdIns5P) and PtdIns4P assay
in liposome and protein self-aggregation assays

Biochem/physiol Actions
Brain lipids are involved in cellular signal transduction, membrane organization, trafficking protein modification, interactions and energy storage.
Packaging
Sealed ampule.
Other Notes
Contains phosphatidylinositol phosphatidylserine,other brain lipids.