Specification Sheet
Product Name Transforming Growth Factor-β1 from porcine platelets,
powder, suitable for cell culture
Product Number T5050
Product Brand SIGMA
 
TEST SPECIFICATION
Formulation Conforms
  Lyophilized from a 0.2 um filtered solution of 35%
  Acetonitrile, 0.1% TFA containing 50 ug BSA/ug TGF
  -B1
Bioactivity 0.01 - 0.50 ng/ml
  (Cell Inhibition, HT-2 cells) (The typical value
  for ED50 is 0.01 to 0.1 ng/ml. Results outside
  this range are acceptable based on concurrent,
  side by side comparisons with previously passed
  lot as control)
Purity by SDS Electrophoresis ≥97 %
Endotoxin Assay ≤0.1
  (Units: ng/ug TGF-B1)