E2888

Earle′s Balanced Salts

With sodium bicarbonate, liquid, sterile-filtered, suitable for cell culture

• Synonym(s): EBSS
• MDL number: MFCD00217343
• NACRES: NA.75

Properties

• Quality Level: 400
• sterility: sterile-filtered
• form: liquid
• technique(s): cell culture | mammalian: suitable
• impurities: endotoxin, tested
• components: phenol red: 0.011 g/L; glucose: 1.0 g/L (Dextro); NaHCO₃: 2.2 g/L
• shipped in: ambient

Description

General description

Balanced Salt solution participates in providing a buffer system to maintain the medium in optimum pH range (7.2-7.6), irrigating and diluting while maintaining the intra- and extracellular osmotic balance. It helps to maintain the normal cell metabolism by giving water and bulk inorganic ions. Balanced Salt solution provides the energy source for cell metabolism by supplying carbohydrates such as glucose.

Application

Earle′s Balanced Salts has been used:

• to incubate hepatocellular carcinoma cell line
• as a component of embryo culture medium for washing rabbit embryos
• to culture mouse embryonic neuroretina

Packaging

100, 500, 500 mL

Safety Information

• Storage Class Code: 12 - Non Combustible Liquids
• WGK: WGK 1
• Flash Point(F): Not applicable
• Flash Point(C): Not applicable