Soyabean Casein Digest Agar Plate with Lecithin, Tween 80 & 1% Glycerol Plate (Gamma Irradiated) (Triple pack) is supplied by HiMedia. It contains sterile ready prepared media in 55 mm scored polystyrene plates. Soyabean Casein Digest Agar is used for determining efficiency of sanitization of containers, equipments, surfaces, water miscible cosmetics etc.

Pancreatic digest of casein 15.00)

Papaic digest of soybean (soyabean) (5.00)

Sodium chloride (5.00)

Agar (15.00)

Various pharmacopoeias recommend Soybean Casein Digest Agar as sterility testing medium. Soyabean Casein Digest Agar Plate is used in microbial limit test and antimicrobial preservative - effective test. The combination of pancreatic digest of casein and papaic digest of soybean meal makes these media nutritious by providing amino acids and long chain peptides for the growth of microorganisms. Natural sugars of soya enhance growth of microorganism. Sodium chloride maintains the osmotic balance in the medium. Agar is used as the solidifying agent. The total aerobic count is considered to be equal to the number of colony forming units found on this medium, if colonies of fungi are detected on this medium they are counted along with total aerobic count.