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Agar or Agar-agar is a product extracted from algae of the
Gelidium
and
Gracilaria. It is the most commonly used curing agent for microbial culture medium. It is also used in canned meat, fish, poultry, cosmetics, drugs, and dental medicine. It is used as a clarifier in the brewing and wine industry, a thickener in making ice cream, pastry, and salad seasonings, a lubricant for metal wire drawing, etc.
Agar is used:
As an
impression material
in
dentistry.As a medium to precisely orient the tissue specimen and secure it by
agar pre-embedding
(especially useful for small endoscopy biopsy specimens) for
histopathology
processing[35]
To make
salt bridges
and gel plugs for use in
electrochemistry.In
formicariums
as a transparent substitute for sand and a source of nutrition.As a natural ingredient in forming
modeling clay
for young children to play with.As an allowed biofertilizer component in organic farming.[36]
As a substrate for
precipitin reactions
in
immunology.At different times as a substitute for
gelatin
in
photographic emulsions,
arrowroot
in preparing silver paper and as a substitute for
fish glue
in resist etching.[37]
As an MRI elastic gel phantom to mimic tissue mechanical properties in
Magnetic Resonance Elastography[3
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