Biotin, ACS, vitamin B7, vitamin H – CAS 58-85-5

Biotin is also called as B complex vitamin. It is a bicyclic compound, which has a molecular weight of 244.31 Da. Biotin serves as an important cofactor for mammalian carboxylases; it is found within the cells in free and bound pools.
Biotin has been used:
# as a M199 media supplement in in vitro culture system;
# as a component of SATO serum free medium for the isolation of cortical oligodendrocyte precursors (OPCs);
# in biochemical precursors culture for de novo fatty acid synthesis;
# as a component in aggregate culture media.
Essential vitamin that is important for amino acid and energy metabolism, and fatty acid synthesis; it is a prosthetic group in four mammalian carboxylase families and facilitates the binding and transfer of carbon dioxide