β-Glycerolphosphate (Glycerol-2-Phosphate) is used in the development of hydrogels and scaffolds that have applications in tissue engineering and cell growth and differentiation. It has also been used as an additive in isolation mediums, similarly providing available phosphate to the isolate. It is a phosphate group donor in matrix mineralization studies that acts as a protein phosphatase inhibitor. Accelerates calcification in vascular smooth muscle cells.
