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Minimum Essential Medium Eagle

Alpha Modification, with sodium bicarbonate and ʟ-glutamine, without nucleosides, liquid, sterile-filtered, suitable for cell culture

Synonym(s):

αMEM, MEM

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UNSPSC Code:
12352207
NACRES:
NA.75

product name

Minimum Essential Medium Eagle, Alpha Modification, With sodium bicarbonate and L-glutamine, without ribonucleosides and deoxyribonucleosides, 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: 0.011 g/L
glucose: 1.0 g/L
L-glutamine: 0.292 g/L
NaHCO3: 2.2 g/L

shipped in

ambient

storage temp.

2-8°C

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General description

Minimum Essential Medium (MEM), developed by Harry Eagle, is one of the most widely used of all synthetic cell culture media. This is the most enriched variation of the MEM formulation offered. It contains all 21 normal amino acids, some at increased concentrations. In addition, it contains 5 additional vitamins.

Storage Class Code

12 - Non Combustible Liquids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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