Earle’s Balanced Salts
SIGMA/E6267 - With sodium bicarbonate, without calcium chloride and magnesium sulfate, liquid, sterile-filtered, suitable for cell culture
Synonym: EBSS; EBSS
MDL Number: MFCD00217343
Product Type: Chemical
| components | NaHCO3: 2.2 g/L phenol red: 0.011 g/L glucose: 1.0 g/L (Dextro) |
| form | liquid |
| impurities | endotoxin, tested |
| Quality Level | 400  |
| shipped in | ambient |
| sterility | sterile-filtered |
| technique(s) | cell culture | mammalian: suitable |
| Application: | Earle′s Balanced Salts has been used: • to induce autophagy in mouse embryonic fibroblasts • in the preparation of melanotroph isolation medium • in the preparation of DNAse stock solution |
| Biochem/physiol Actions: | Balanced Salt solution participates in providing cells with water, bulk inorganic ions, and nutrients like carbohydrates essential for normal cell metabolism. It acts as an irrigating, transporting, and diluting fluid to maintain cellular osmotic balance. Balance salt solution helps in maintaining the medium within the physiological pH range (7.2 to 7.6). |
| General description: | Earle′s Balanced Salts is a balanced salt solution. It is used as an alternative for conventional simulated body fluids (c-SBF). |
| General description: | Recommended for suspension cultures or whenever cell clumping is a problem. |
| RIDADR | NONH for all modes of transport |
| WGK Germany | WGK 1 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| UNSPSC | 12352207 |