Thrombin is used throughout the diagnostics industry in a variety of coagulation assays, clotting factor tests and defibrination of blood or plasma for serum controls. High specific activity Thrombin is also used for site specific cleavage of recombinant fusion proteins and in biochemical and medical research applications, specifically in hemostasis applications. Bovine thrombin, high specific activity, is manufactured in New Zealand from bovine plasma of New Zealand origin using prothrombin activated with thromboplastin extracted from bovine lung tissue. High specific activity Thrombin is lyophilized in glass vials under vacuum to optimize product performance and has a specific activity of > 2,000 NIH units/mg protein.
Usage Statement
Unless specified otherwise, MP Biomedical's products are for research or further manufacturing use only, not for direct human use. For more information, please contact our customer service department.