Blue-BANDit™ Ready-to-Use Protein Stain - Code K217-1L

Product Information

• Hands-Off! Simple Staining/Destaining Procedure

• High Sensitivity, Below 20 ng of Protein per Band

• Safer Alternative, No More Methanol and Acetic Acid

Coomassie® Blue staining of proteins in SDS-PAGE gels is a daily procedure in many laboratories.  It is popular among life science researchers, due to its good sensitivity and relative ease of use.  Traditionally, Coomassie Blue staining requires a methanol and acetic acid solution to achieve staining and destaining.  This process increases the risk for hazardous exposure and produces an unpleasant pungent odor.

AMRESCO’s Blue-BANDit is a convenient alternative to traditional Coomassie Blue staining procedures.  Environmentally friendly, this ready-to-use stain does not contain methanol and acetic acid and does not require hazardous solvents for destaining. The simple ”hands-off” staining/destaining procedure saves valuable time while reducing the handling of hazardous materials and solvent waste in your laboratory.

Blue-BANDit staining exhibits sensitivity below 20 ng of protein per band.  Packaged as a 1X ready-to-use solution, Blue-BANDit only requires water for the prewashing and destaining steps.

Gel A

Results of an 8% polyacrylamide gel loaded with serial dilutions of High Range Protein Marker (40 - 212 kDa) using 1X TG-SDS buffer and visualized with Blue-BANDit (GelA) and Standard Coomassie Blue G-250 (Gel B).

Gel B

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