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Minimum Essential Medium Eagle

HEPES modification, with Earle′s salts and sodium bicarbonate, without ʟ-glutamine, liquid, sterile-filtered, suitable for cell culture

Synonym(s):

EMEM, MEM

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12352207
NACRES:
NA.75

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Product Name

Minimum Essential Medium Eagle, HEPES Modification, with Earle′s salts, 25 mM HEPES and sodium bicarbonate, without L-glutamine, liquid, sterile-filtered, suitable for cell culture

Quality Level

400

sterility

sterile-filtered

form

liquid

technique(s)

cell culture | mammalian: suitable

impurities

endotoxin, tested

pH

>7.2

components

L-glutamine: no
phenol red: yes
HEPES: 25 mM
sodium pyruvate: no
Earle’s salts (5% CO2): yes
NaHCO3: yes

shipped in

ambient

storage temp.

2-8°C

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sterility

sterile-filtered

sterility

-

sterility

sterile-filtered

sterility

sterile-filtered

technique(s)

cell culture | mammalian: suitable

technique(s)

cell culture | mammalian: suitable

technique(s)

cell culture | mammalian: suitable

technique(s)

cell culture | mammalian: suitable

form

liquid

form

powder

form

liquid

form

liquid

components

L-glutamine: no
phenol red: yes
HEPES: 25 mM
sodium pyruvate: no
Earle’s salts (5% CO2): yes
NaHCO3: yes

components

HEPES: no
Earle’s salts (5% CO2): yes
NaHCO3: no
phenol red: yes
L-glutamine: yes
sodium pyruvate: no

components

glucose: 1.0 g/L
L-glutamine: 0.292 g/L
phenol red: 0.011 g/L
NaHCO3: 2.2 g/L

components

Earle’s salts (5% CO2): yes
sodium pyruvate: yes
glucose: yes
L-glutamine: no
HEPES: no
Hanks’ salts (2% CO2): no
phenol red: yes
NaHCO3: yes
stable glutamine: no

shipped in

ambient

shipped in

ambient

shipped in

ambient

shipped in

ambient

storage temp.

2-8°C

storage temp.

2-8°C

storage temp.

2-8°C

storage temp.

2-8°C

General description

Minimum Essential Medium Eagle comprises sugar, inorganic salts, water-soluble vitamins and essential amino acids.[1] It is widely used as a media formulation for many cell culture studies.[2]

Application

Minimum Essential Medium Eagle has been used for culturing primordial follicles and ovary tissues,[2] human skin fibroblast cells,[3] human colonic epithelial cell line LS174T[4] and hippocampal tissue slices.[5]

Preparation Note

Supplement with 0.292 g/L L-glutamine.

Other Notes

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Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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