H0146

Horse serum

liquid

• Synonym(s): Serum
• NACRES: NA.46

Properties

• biological source: horse serum
• Quality Level: 200
• sterility: non-sterile
• form: liquid
• contains: preservative
• shipped in: dry ice
• storage temp.: −20°C

Description

General description

Horse serum displays homogeneity between fetal bovine serum and fetal calf serum .It has low levels of polyamine oxidase.

Horse serum is pooled from a normal donor herd.

Application

Horse serum has been used as a supplement in minimum essential medium for cerebrocortical neuronal−glial cell cultures and RPMI-40 medium for PC12 cells derived from rat adrenal medulla pheochromocytoma. It has also been used in immunohistochemistry of Florida manatee brain sections.

Normal horse serum may be used as a blocking agent and controls in immunoassays. For immunohistochemistry and immunocytochemistry, 10% horse serum was used as blocking agent in various Studies.
Horse serum was used in immunostaining for blocking non-specific antibodies binding.

Biochem/physiol Actions

The horse serum is an alternative to bovine serum for growth factors and hormones for cell culture studies. Horse serum stimulates fibroblast differentiation and extracellular matrix (ECM) and cytokines synthesis.

Disclaimer

Unless otherwise stated in our catalog or other company documentation accompanying the product(s), our products are intended for research use only and are not to be used for any other purpose, which includes but is not limited to, unauthorized commercial uses, in vitro diagnostic uses, ex vivo or in vivo therapeutic uses or any type of consumption or application to humans or animals.

Safety Information

• Pictograms: GHS07,GHS09
• Signal Word: Warning
• Hazard Statements: H315 - H317 - H319 - H411
• Precautionary Statements: P261 - P264 - P273 - P280 - P302 + P352 - P305 + P351 + P338
• Hazard Classifications: Aquatic Chronic 2 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - Skin Sens. 1
• Storage Class Code: 12 - Non Combustible Liquids
• WGK: WGK 3
• Personal Protective Equipment: dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves