Swelling of agarose gel and its related changes

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Hayashi, A. [1 ]
Kanzaki, T. [1 ]
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[1] Ritsumeikan Univ, Dept Chem, Kita Ku, Kyoto 603, Japan
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10.1016/S0268-005X(87)80019-X
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O69 [应用化学];
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081704 ;
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Swelling and its related changes in agarose gels were investigated. The behavior of agarose gel was different to that of synthetic polymer gels: the agarose gel did not show any swelling or shrinkage in water. The gel shrank only a little in acetone and in ether. The shrunken gel did not recover its original volume again with re-treatment in water. It was found that agarose solution showed a retrogradation-like reaction similar to amylose solution. These anomalous phenomenaincluding syneresis were interpreted based upon the liquid phase separation mechanism for the agarose gelation proposed by us.
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