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"During the last half-century, science-driven research technology has accounted for more than 50 percent of the growth of the world's economy. We must continue to financially and emotionally support basic and cutting edge science research - it is the foundation upon which tomorrow's technological advancements will rest."
 
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Novachem is the Australian distributor for Wako Pure Chemical Industries Ltd, offering a range of innovative
products for use in chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology and immunology.
   
  Product lines include:
● Signal transduction inhibitors and activators
● Antibiotics
● Biologically active substances
● Enzymes, coenzymes, substrates and inhibitors
● Antibodies
● DNA extraction kits
● ELISA kits
● GMO detection products (corn, soybean, potato and papaya)
  Popular items are stocked locally, including:
● Anti Asialo GM1, rabbit
● L-Ascorbic Acid Phosphate.Mg salt
● Lysyl Endopeptidase, lyophilised
● Trichostatin A
● V-50 (2,2'-Azobis(2-amidinopropane)dihydrochloride)
   
Please contact us for prices or to ask for the current Wako BioProducts catalogue. Alternatively, you may search Wako Pure Chemical Industries Ltd's website for your desired products.
 
Product Updates
Wako regularly release Product Update brochures, which contain information on new products. These brochures are
available in .pdf form, and can be viewed or downloaded by clicking on the appropriate thumbnails below.
    Wako Product Update No.20 (Analytical Chemistry)

● Food analysis standards, including pesticides, veterinary drugs and Glycyrrhizin ELISA
● Crude drug test standards
● Stimulant detection reagent
● Wakogel Series for column chromatography
      View or download this brochure here
 
    Wako Product Update No.19

● Inhibitors
● Cancer research products
● Research products for biological defense mechanism and signalling cascade/glutamate receptor substances
● Epigenetics products for DNA methylation, and cell cycle and transcription
      View or download this brochure here
 
    Wako Product Update No.18 (Organic Chemistry)

● Biphenyl compounds, boronic acids and boronic acid esters for organic chemistry
● Ionic liquid, fluorous reagent, oxidant and resolving reagent for green chemistry
● A range of catalysts for green chemistry
      View or download this brochure here
 
    Wako Product Update No.17 (Biochemistry)

● Anti Olfactory Marker Protein, Goat antibody and Anti Human AGO2, monoclonal antibody
● Research for Alzheimer's Disease, including human beta amyloid ELISA kits and amyloid beta-proteins
● Biologically active substances, including prostaglandin J2 derivative, acetyl- and diacetyl- polyamines and      food intake suppressor
● Extracellular matrix products, including elastin, proteoglycan and collagen type I from salmon skin
      View or download this brochure here
 
    Wako Product Update No.16 (Analytical Chemistry)

● Standards for food analysis, including azo dyes, mycotoxins, agricultural chemicals, pesticides and veterinary     drugs
● High purity solvents and reagents for LC/MS and HPLC
● Solvents for PCB and dioxin analysis
● Standards for crude dug tests
      View or download this brochure here
 
    Wako Product Update No.15 (Cell Biology / Molecular Biology)

● Products for fluoroescence and chemiluminescence, including probes and reagents
● Products for nucleic acid electrophoresis, CPG (Controlled Pore Glass), transfection and protein expression     (cell-free protein synthesis)
● Reagents for molecular biology
● DsDD cDNA Subtraction Kit for gene analysis - the world's first subtraction kit using enzyme digestion
      View or download this brochure here
 
    Wako Product Update No.14 (Green Chemistry)

● Comprehensive list of metal catalysts, including Osmium Oxide, Immobilised Catalyst I
● Chiral Bronsted acid catalysts
● Rare earth triflates for La, Nd, Sc, Tm and Yb
● Maruoka catalysts (chiral phase transfer catalysts)
      View or download this brochure here
 
    Wako Product Update No.13 (Biochemistry)

● Molecular weight markers for SDS-PAGE and a Western blotting marker for protein electrophoresis
● Reagents for cell biology research, including cell cycle, transcription and signal transduction
● Azoxymethane (AOM) for cancer research
● Reagents for cell culture, including Type I Collagen from Salmon Skin
      View or download this brochure here
 
    Wako Product Update No.12 (Research Products)

● Research kits and products for Alzheimer's disease and human brain ageing studies, including amyloid
    beta-protein
● ELISA kits for diabetes research, including GLP-1, Glucagon, Rat C-Peptide and Rat Leptin
● Research kits for apoptosis and bone metabolism
● Products for DNA extraction and RNase inactivation
      View or download this brochure here
 
    Wako Product Update No.11 (Analytical Chemistry)

● PRESEP and WAKOPAK products for chromatography
● Flash chromatography and thin layer chromatography products
● Standards for crude drugs test and arsenic analysis
● New pesticide residue analysis and dioxin environmental analysis, including cyflufenamid and
    fluacrypyrim
      View or download this brochure here
 
    Wako Product Update No.10 (Protein Research and Cell Culture)

● WakoPURE system, for protein synthesis and purification
● Simple SDS-PAGE Gel Staining Kit, for protein staining
● Proteome research kits, including Silver Stain MS Kit and Negative Gel Stain MS Kit
● BAMBANKER cell freezing medium, for long-term cell storage
      View or download this brochure here
 
    Wako Product Update No.9 (Green Chemistry - revised edition)

● Catalysts, including metal catalysts, polymer-supported catalysts, chiral phase-transfer catalysts,
     metallocenes, solid super-acid catalysts and biocatalysts
● Ligands for catalytic asymmetric synthesis, including chiral crown ethers, BINAP and linked-BINOL
● Paper fibre-made TLC sheet (Chromato Sheet)
      View or download this brochure here
 
    Wako Product Update No.8 (Green Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry & Biochemistry)

● Asymmetric ligand, solid super-Acid catalysts, sulfur compounds with less odour, custom synthesis
    using microencapsulated OsO4
● PRESEP products for chromatography and dioxin analysis
● Standards for crude drugs test, including hirsutine, capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin
● Antibodies for immunology, including Anti VGLUT, Anti 5-methylcytosine and Anti Iba1
● Mannose triflate for 18F-FDG synthesis
      View or download this brochure here
 
    Wako Product Update No.7 (Biochemistry, Analytical & Organic Chemistry)

● Products for intracellular signalling, diabetes, cell biology, enzyme inhibition, immunology,
    histochemistry, bone metabolism and gene investigation
● Wakopak packed columns for HPLC
● Standards, including 2-bromoethanol, acesulfame K and levamisole hydrochloride
● Optical resolution reagents (enantiomeric pairs)
● Green chemistry catalyst, ruthenium(II) hydroxyapatite (RuHAP)
      View or download this brochure here
 
    Wako Product Update No.6 (Biochemistry & Analytical Chemistry)

● Forensics research kits, including DNA extractor kits for bloodstains, hair, nails and saliva, and SM
    Reagent Kit for semen detection
● RNase Buster for gene investigation
● Products for intracellular signalling, including ubiquitin-proteasome system and inositol phospholipid
    metabolism related substances
● PRESEP products for chromatography and dioxin analysis
● Environmental Analysis products, including Active Cl-DPD Test for residual chlorine
      View or download this brochure here
 
    Wako Product Update No.5 (Biochemistry)

● Products for diabetes and obesity research, including Glucagon ELISA Kit, C-peptide ELISA Kit, aldose
    reductase and Leptin ELISA Kit
● Signal transduction products, including dinophysistoxin-1
● in situ Zymography products, for expression and tissue localisation of MMPs (matrix
    metalloproteinases)
● Products for detection of peptidoglycan & beta-glucan, including SLP Reagent Set, peptidoglycan,
   curdlan and CM-curdlan
      View or download this brochure here
 
    Wako Product Update No.4 (Green Chemistry)

● Catalysts, including polymer-supported catalysts, solid super-acid catalysts and chiral phase-transfer
    catalysts
● Ligands for catalytic asymmetric synthesis, including chiral crown ethers, BINAP and Linked-BINOL
● Sulfur compounds with less odour
● Polymer-supported tosyloxylation reaction reagent, poly[p-[hydroxy)(tosyloxy)iodostyrene
● Paper fibre-made TLC sheet (Chromato Sheet)
      View or download this brochure here
 
    Wako Product Update No.3 (Environmental Analysis & Analytical Chemistry)

● Endocrine analysis kits, including ES (E1/E2/E3), 17b-estradiol (E2), ethynylestradiol (EE2), alkyl
    ethoxylate (AE), alkylphenol (AP), bisphenol A (BPA), APE and LAS
● Products for dioxin analysis, air pollutant analysis and water analysis
● Chromatography products, indicators, JCSS standards, Wetting Tension Test Mixture, hydrofluoric acid
    for ultratrace analysis
● Standards for vitamin analysis (a-carotene, b-carotene), food analysis, environmental analysis and crude
   drugs test
      View or download this brochure here
 
    Wako Product Update No.2 (Biochemistry)

● Reagent kits, including protein assay kits, Amyloid b-Protein Immunohistostain Kit for alzheimer's and
    Limulus Test for endotoxin detection
● Products for apoptosis research, including antibodies and Apoptosis Ladder Detection Kit
● Biologically active substances (polyphenols), including epicatechin, epigallocatechin, daidzin, daidzein,
    genistin and genistein
● Enzyme inhibitors (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors), including compactin, lovastatin, simvastatin and
    pravastatin sodium
● Peptidoglycans and SLP Reagent Set for detection and measeurement of peptidoglycan and b-glucan
      View or download this brochure here
 
    Wako Product Update No.1 (Green Chemistry, Biochemistry & Analytical Chemistry)

● Microencapsulated catalysts, including osmium(VIII) oxide and scandium trifluoromethanesulfonate
● Products for apoptosis, signal transduction, cell culture, electrophoresis/blotting, molecular biology,
    histochemistry and protein quantitation
● Reagent kits, including ELISA kits for animals and Limulus Test for endotoxin detection
● Products for TLC, including Chromato Sheet, Wakosil columns and Presep solid-phase extraction
    cartridges
● Endocrine disrupter analysis products, including Estrogen-R(a) Competitor Screening Kit, styrene
    dimers, styrene trimers and alkylphenols
      View or download this brochure here
 
Other Brochures
Wako also publish brochures containing products of specific interest. These brochures are available in .pdf
form, and can be viewed or downloaded by clicking on the appropriate thumbnails below.
    Pure Sericin

● Derived from silkworm cocoon
● Stimulates cell proliferation by addition of 0.1% (w/v) sericin to media
● Suppresses cell death by addition of 0.1% (w/v) sericin to media
● For cryopreservation of cells by addition of 1% (w/v) sericin and DMSO to media
      View or download this brochure here
 
    ß Amyloid ELISA Kits

● For the quantitative determination of A ß 40 and A ß 42 for Alzheimer's Disease (AD) research
● For use with samples such as tissue culture medium, tissue homogenate, CSF and plasma
● Four variations of the kit available
● Seven other related products listed
      View or download this brochure here
 
    S. cerevisiae Direct Transformation Kit

● No centrifugation or washing steps are required
● One-step procedure by mixing plasmid DNA and the kit reagents with cultured yeast cells, without
    competent cell preparation
● Suitable for transformation of a large number of yeast strains using 96-well plates
● Applicable to tube protocol
● Low-viscosity reagent enables high-throughput screening
      View or download this brochure here
 
    S. pombe Direct Transformation Kit

● No centrifugation or washing steps are required
● One-step procedure by mixing plasmid DNA and the kit reagents with cultured yeast cells, without
    competent cell preparation
● Suitable for transformation of a large number of yeast strains using 96-well plates
● Applicable to tube protocol
● Low-viscosity reagent enables high-throughput screening
      View or download this brochure here
 
    Cellmatrix (purified collagen solution for cell culture)

● Type I-A
● Type I-P
● Collagen Gel Kit
● Collagenase S-1
      Ask us for your copy of this brochure
 
    BAMBANKER Serum-Free Cell Freezing Medium

● Ready-to-use medium for preservation of cells by rapid and long-term freezing of culture cells such as
    tumor cells and normal cells at -80 deg.C
● Serum-free
● Useable without dilution
● No program freezer is required
      Ask us for your copy of this brochure
 
    WakoPURE System (Cell-free translation reconstituted with highly purified components)

● No tag required, since all the transcription/translation factors are tagged. Synthesised protein can be
    easily purified by metal affinity resin
● Time-saving 3 step process, in 3 hours total (synthesis, affinity chromatography and ultrafiltration)
● Pure protein synthesis system contains minimal contaminants such as protease and nuclease
● Up to 100ug protein per 1mL reaction
      View or download this brochure here
 
    DsDD cDNA Subtraction Kit

● World's first subtraction kit using enzyme digestion, overcomes the time-consuming nature of methods
    such as physical absorption
● Can start with established cDNA libraries - no need to prepare the Tester and Driver cDNA each time
● Intact recovery of the subtracted Tester cDNA
● Adoption of duplex-specific nuclease digestion
● 2 day performance - much faster than other methods which typically take about 4 days
      View or download this brochure here
 
    DNA Extractor SP Kit

● High DNA yield (~100%) from small amount of serum and plasma - procedure based on simple
    centrifugal separation
● Safe operation - no phenol or chloroform required
● Minimum contamination - the entire extraction of DNA can be done in a single centrifuge tube
● Complete removal of lipid derived from blood
● Less variability in extraction from sample to sample
      View or download this brochure here
 
    RNA Stabiliser

● RNase inactivation is irreversible - reactivation of the inactivated RNase is inhibited by reducing agents
    such as mercaptoethanol
● Valuable samples can be kept long-term - RNase is inactivated irreversibly
● RNA with high stability can be purified from the RNase-rich organs such as liver, pancreas and kidney
● High quality RNA can be obtained with no effect on recovery by application to an existing RNA
    purification kit
      View or download this brochure here
 
     
Acetylene Derivatives
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Adamantane Derivatives
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Aromatic Bromide Compounds
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Aromatic Fluoride Compounds
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Biphenyl Compunds
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Pyridine Compounds
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Thiol Compunds
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Thiophene Derivatives
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    Proteomics Research

● Protein electrophoresis products, including molecular weight markers and buffer for SDS-PAGE
    (Laemmli Method)
● Staining kits, including CBB R-250 staining kits, high sensitivity silver staining kits and staining kits for
    MS analysis
● Reagents for Western Blotting
● Products for MS analysis, including in-gel digestion enzymes and solvents for LC/MS
      View or download this brochure here
 
    Crude Drug Test Standards

● Standards for general test on The Japanese Pharmacopoeia and for crude drug research tests
● Extracted from natural ingredients
● High purity - over 98%
      View or download this brochure here
 
    Iconic Liquid
Ionic Liquid's use as the solvent for extractions and electrolyte for batteries is attracting increasing
attention. Their features include: non-volatile, low viscosity, heat resistant, wide liquid temperature range,
high ionic conductivity, recoverable and recyclable.
Due to its catalytic action, Ionic Liquid can also be applied to Aldol reactions and Diels-Alder reactions.

● Imidazolium
● Pyrrolidinium
● Pyridinium
● Ammonium, Phosphonium
      View or download this brochure here
 
    Wittig & Horner-Emmons Reagents

● Triphenylphosphonium salts for Wittig Reaction, for olefin synthesis and carbon chain extention
● Phosphonic acid esters for Horner-Emmons Reaction, for the synthesis of unsaturated esters and control
    of regioselectivity of olefins
      Ask us for your copy of this brochure
 
   
Nitrogen containing Heterocyclic Compounds

Pyridines
Bipyridines
Pyridazines
Pyrimidines
Pyrazines
Piperidines
Piperazines
Pyrroles
Pyrrolines
Pyrrolidines
Indole derivatives
Quinolines
      Ask us for your copy of this brochure
 
    Boronic Acid Compounds for Suzuki Coupling Reaction

● Boronic acids
● Boronic acid esters
● Diboron esters
● Phase transfer catalyst
● Palladium catalysts

For synthesis of biaryl compounds from aryl boronic acids and aryl halides using transition metals as
catalysts
      View or download this brochure here
 
   
Diabetes and Obesity Research

● Rat Glucagon ELISA Kit
● Rat GLP-1 ELISA Kit
● Rat C-Peptide ELISA Kit
● Reagents for construction of
    diabetes model
● Rat Leptin ELISA Kit
● Leptin, mouse, recombinant
● Aldose reductase and inhibitors
● HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors
Sorbitol dehydrogenase
● Flavonoids
● Betacellulin
● Resistin, recombinant
      Ask us for your copy of this brochure
 
   
Product List for Cell Science Research

● Antibodies
● Apoptosis products
● Products for cytomembrane research
● Products for intracellular calcium research
● Products for cerebral metabolism research
● Inhibitors
● Cyclicnucleotide related products
● Synthetic retinoids
● Neurotoxins
● Glutamate receptors
● Reagent kits
● Mg2+ selective fluoroionophore
      Ask us for your copy of this brochure
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