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Hispanagar products have the support of IFS and Organic Production certifications
The objective of Hispanagar is to offer customers the products best suited to their needs and to always guarantee the highest level of quality. The company carries out a thorough and strict quality control throughout the production chain, from the moment of collecting raw materials to manufacturing and advising on the proper use of the…
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Discover Biomax, a high-quality agar at a very competitive price
From the wide range of products from Hispanagar, we highlight the agarose BioMax. It is perfect for routine separations of DNA / RNA
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Agar is used in vegan sausages to give a more compact and homogeneous texture.
The interest in veganism has experienced a continuous growth, especially during the last decade, to the point that the British magazine The Economist dubbed 2019 as the year of veganism. It is estimated that in the U.S. 6% of the population is vegan, in Spain 0.5%, in the United Kingdom 20% of young people, and…
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Did you know that agar is used for diagnostic tests?
Agar is present in our daily lives and is not only linked to food. There is a long list of diseases in which agar and peptones are key for diagnosis: respiratory diseases, digestive system diseases, urinary diseases… and a long etcetera. Some of them are easily treatable and others are a concern for the WHO…
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Discover the applications of Agarose
Hispanagar offers a wide variety of agaroses for different applications. In this post, we will review the most common uses of this versatile product. The traditional application is electrophoresis. Electrophoresis can be used in clinical diagnosis or for genetic identity testing. Within genetic identification, agarose is used in paternity tests, in criminal field assays, and…
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Hysteresis what is this peculiar word?
Hysteresis what is this peculiar word? Hysteresis is the difference between the gelation temperature and the melting temperature of a gel. The agar presents the highest hysteresis of all hydrocolloids. Once dissolved at a concentration of 1-1.5% in water, the solution forms a gel when cooled to 34-38ºC, and that gel only melts if heated…
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Blue Bio Value 2020
Are you a startup with a biofuels project dedicated to a sustainable blue economy? The world needs your sustainable solutions now more than ever! Apply today for the 3rd edition of the #BlueBioValue accelerator. Applications open until July 15: bluebiovalue.pt
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From the sea to the pharmaceutical laboratory: Agarose as a base for gels to separate molecules
Agar or agar-agar is a mixture of two types of polysaccharides, agarose and agaropectin, and is obtained from the cell wall of certain species of algae with a characteristic reddish color, such as those of the genus Gelidium. Agarose is one of the main components of agar and, starting from this as a base material, is obtained through…