OptiPrep™isaready-made,sterileandendotoxin-testedsolutionofiodixanol.Suitablefortheisolationofmanydifferentcelltypesfrombloodandtissue(e.g.monocytes,lymphocytes,granulocytes,platelets,dendriticcells,megakaryoticProgenitorcells;livernon-parenchymalcells,isletofLangerhanscells,spermatozoa;plantprotoplasts)aswellasfortheisolationofcellorganelles(e.g.nuclei,mitochondria,peroxisomes,lysosomes,endosomalsubfractions)andmembranefractions(e.g.Golgimembranes,endoplasmicreticulum,specificplasmamembranedomains).Separationofviablefromnon-viablecells.Alsosuitableforself-generatedgrADIents.Highlyeffectiveforpurificationofvirusesandvirusparticles.Alsosuitableforisolationofproteins,plasmalipoproteinsandplasmidDNA,fractionationofribonucleoproteins.