AG Scientific

AG Scientific specializes in secondary metabolites derived from fermentation. Most of their products are antibiotics for gene selection, but the catalog also includes antimicrobial, antifungal, anti-cancer, antiviral, antiparasitic and immunosuppressive reagents.
 
Antibiotics:
 
AG Scientific, Inc. has developed a series of antibiotic screening agents, including Blasticidin S, G-418, Puromycin, Gentamycin, Kanamycin, Ampicillin, Streptomycin, Carbenicillin.
 
More recently, AG Scientific has partnered with pharmaceutical customers using CRISPR technology.
 
Anti-cancer:
 
The catalog includes secondary metabolites in the field of cancer such as rapamycin, FK-506, cyclosporine A.
 
 
Assay kits - Oxidative stress

Assay kits - Oxidative stress

Oxidative stress is a state when the normal reduced environment of a cell changes due to the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). These ROS like peroxides, superoxides and free radicals can cause pathological changes in the cell due to DNA damage, oxidation of amino acids, proteins, polyunsaturated fatty acids and enzyme cofacors which subsequently causes cell death due to apoptosis or necrosis.
The antioxidant enzymes within cells like catalase, superoxide dismutase (SOD), lactoperoxidases and glutathione peroxidase inhibit the production of such free radicals and thus protect cells in order to maintain the balance.