CAPS (buffer)


 * This page is about the biochemical buffer CAPS. For information about other caps, see caps.

CAPS is the common name for N-cyclohexyl-3-aminopropanesulfonic acid, a chemical used as buffering agent in biochemistry.

The similar substance N-cyclohexyl-2-hydroxyl3-aminopropanesulfonic acid (3-(cyclohexylamino)-2-hydroxyl-1-propanesulphonic) CAPSO is also used as buffering agent in biochemistry.