D8537
Sigma
Dulbecco’s Phosphate Buffered Saline
Modified, without calcium chloride and magnesium chloride, sterile-filtered, liquid, cell culture tested
| Synonym: | DPBS |
| MDL number: | MFCD00131855 |
Description
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| Application | DPBS is a balanced salt solution (BSS) used for the handling and culturing of mammalian cells. DPBS is used to to irrigate, wash, and dilute mammalian cells. Phosphate buffering maintains the pH in the physiological range. Calcium and magnesium facilitate cell binding and clumping. DPBS without these ions can be used to wash and rinse suspended cells. |
Properties
| sterility | sterile-filtered |
| form | liquid |
| total impurities | Endotoxin, tested |
| suitability | cell culture tested |
Safety
| WGK Germany | 3 |
References
| reference | Dulbecco R, Vogt M., Plaque formation and isolation of pure lines with poliomyelitis viruses J. Exp. Med. 99, 167-182, (1954) Abstract |
