Hektoen Enteric HiCynthâ„¢ Agar is recommended for differential and selective isolation of Salmonella and Shigella species from enteric pathological specimens. Hektoen Enteric HiCynthâ„¢ Agar is currently recommended as one of several plating media for the culture of Enterobacteriaceae from stool specimens. Hektoen Enteric HiCynthâ„¢ Agar is the modification of the same using chemically defined peptone free from animal and vegetable peptones to avoid BSE/TSE risks associated with animal peptones.