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M0268

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Minimum Essential Medium Eagle

With Earle′s salts and L-glutamine, without sodium bicarbonate, powder, suitable for cell culture

Synonym(s):

EMEM, MEM

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About This Item

UNSPSC Code:
12352207
NACRES:
NA.75

Quality Level

500

form

powder

technique(s)

cell culture | mammalian: suitable

components

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

shipped in

ambient

storage temp.

2-8°C

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General description

Minimum Essential Medium Eagle (MEM) is one of the most widely used synthetic cell culture media. MEM has been used for culturing several cells grown in monolayers. It is commonly used to grow attached cell lines, such as fibroblasts, in the presence of fetal bovine sera (FBS), calf, or horse sera.

Application

Minimum Essential Medium Eagle has been used:
  • in the isolation and culture of primary hepatocytes
  • to culture the human endometrial carcinoma cells Ishikawa (ATTC) and L-Wnt-3a cells (ATCC) that secrete Wnt family member 3a (Wnt-3a) ligand
  • to culture the AN3CA (endometrial cancer cell line) cells, and HEC1-B human (endometrial adenocarcinoma cell line) cells

Features and Benefits

  • Minimum Essential Medium Eagle (MEM) contains higher concentrations of amino acids to mimic the protein composition of cultured mammalian cells.
  • The formulation has been altered by optional elimination of calcium to enable the growth of cells in suspension culture.

Quantity

Formulated to contain 9.5 grams of powder per liter of medium.

Reconstitution

Supplement with 2.2 g/L sodium bicarbonate.

Other Notes

Essentially the same as the original formula, except it is provided as a powder.

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Storage Class Code

13 - Non Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Regulatory Information

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0000379555
0000379554
0000379552
0000378895
0000288021

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  3. Does Product M0268, Minimum Essential Medium Eagle, contain phenol red?

    Yes, this product contains phenol red.  Phenol red is included in most medium as a visual pH indicator.  The medium should be changed when the color turns yellow (acidic) or purple (basic).

  4. What is the formulation of Product M0268, Minimum Essential Medium Eagle?

    The formulation for this product can be found on the product datasheet.

  5. Does Product M0268, Minimum Essential Medium Eagle, have an expiration date?

    Yes, this product has an expiration date of 36 months from the date of manufacture. The expiration date can be found on the Certificate of Analysis.

  6. Does Product M0268, Minimum Essential Medium Eagle, contain sodium bicarbonate?

    No, this product does not contain sodium bicarbonate. It is recommended to add 2.2 g sodium bicarbonate per Liter of medium. Use either Product No. S5761 (powder) or S8761 (7.5% solution).

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