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Minimum Essential Medium Eagle

Name: Minimum Essential Medium Eagle
Brand: SIGMA

With non-essential amino acids, Earle′s salts and sodium bicarbonate, without ʟ-glutamine, liquid, sterile-filtered, suitable for cell culture

Synonym(s):

EMEM, MEM

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UNSPSC Code:

12352207

NACRES:

NA.75

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Properties

Product Name

Minimum Essential Medium Eagle, With Earle′s salts, non-essential amino acids 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

components

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

shipped in

ambient

storage temp.

2-8°C

Description

General description

Minimum Essential Medium Eagle (MEM) is a synthetic cell culture media, developed by Harry Eagle. It has higher concentrations of amino acids so the medium more closely approximates the protein composition of cultured mammalian cells. Optional supplementation of non-essential amino acids to the formulations that incorporate either Hanks′ or Earle′s salts has enhanced the uses of this medium. This formulation has been further modified by the optional elimination of calcium to permit the growth of cells in suspension culture. MEM can be used for the cultivation of a wide variety of cells grown in monolayers.

Application

Minimum Essential Medium Eagle has been used to culture:

HeLa cells
Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells
chondrosarcoma cell line

This medium may be preferred for the growth of adherent cells in the presence of reduced serum or as a base for the development of a serum-free medium.

Preparation Note

Supplement with 0.292 g/L L-glutamine.

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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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MEM (Minimum Essential Medium Eagle)

A large selection of MEM formulations. Minimum Essential Medium (MEM), developed by Harry Eagle, is one of the most widely used of all synthetic cell culture media.

Global Trade Item Number

SKU	GTIN
M5650-6X500ML	04061834060178
M5650-500ML	04061834060161
M5650-1L	04061834060154