M6199

Minimum Essential Medium Eagle

StableCell^™, Alpha modification, with stable glutamine and sodium bicarbonate, without nucleosides, liquid, sterile-filtered, suitable for cell culture

• Synonym(s): Minimum Essential Medium Eagle, MEM
• UNSPSC Code: 12352207
• NACRES: NA.75

Properties

• Product Name: StableCell^™ MEM, Alpha Modification, With stable glutamine and sodium bicarbonate, without ribonucleosides and deoxyribonucleosides, liquid, sterile-filtered, suitable for cell culture
• sterility: sterile-filtered
• form: liquid
• technique(s): cell culture | mammalian: suitable
• impurities: Endotoxin, tested
• components: Earle’s salts (5% CO₂): yes; NaHCO₃: yes; stable glutamine: yes; phenol red: yes; L-glutamine: no; glucose: yes; HEPES: no; Hanks’ salts (2% CO₂): no; sodium pyruvate: yes
• shipped in: ambient
• storage temp.: 2-8°C

Description

General description

This α-MEM differs from the original formula, because it is supplemented with L-alanyl-L-glutamine dipeptide. Glutamine is notoriously unstable in cell culture. This dipeptide provides a more stable form of glutamine for use in cell cultures.

Legal Information

StableCell is a trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC

Safety Information

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