Sodium Desoxycholate is the sodium salt of desoxycholic acid, a highly purified bile acid, and inhibits Gram-positive cocci and spore forming organisms. Culture media containing sodium desoxycholate are used for the enumeration of coliforms from milk, water, sewage, etc.., and for the isolation of enteric pathogens.

• Dehydrated powder
• Water soluble
• Appearance: free-flowing, homogeneous
• Color: white
• pH at 5% concentration: 8,5
• Loss on drying: 2,3%

Sodium Desoxycholate can be used as an ingredient of dehydrated culture media and need dissolution in distilled or deionized water and sterilization by autoclaving.