Minimum Essential Medium Eagle
SIGMA/M0643 - With Earle′s salts, L-glutamine, and non-essential amino acids, without sodium bicarbonate, powder, suitable for cell culture
Synonym: EMEM; MEM
Product Type: Chemical
| components | HEPES: no Earle’s salts (5% CO2): yes NaHCO3: no phenol red: yes L-glutamine: yes sodium pyruvate: no |
| form | powder |
| Quality Level | 500  |
| shipped in | ambient |
| storage temp. | 2-8°C |
| technique(s) | cell culture | mammalian: suitable |
| Application: | Minimum Essential Medium Eagle has been used to culture osteoblast-like cell line MG-63, dispersed ventricular cells, and endometrial adenocarcinoma Ishikawa cells. |
| General description: | It contains 19 amino acids. The essential amino acids and the non-essential amino acids; |
| General description: | Minimum Essential Medium Eagle consists of inorganic salts, water-soluble vitamins, sugar, and essential amino acids. It is widely used as a media formulation for many cell culture studies. It is a modified version of Basal medium Eagle (BME) and the concentrations of the majority of amino acids are twice as compared to BME. |
| Preparation Note: | Formulated to contain 9.6 grams of powder per liter of medium. |
| Preparation Note: | Supplement with 2.2 g/L sodium bicarbonate. |
| RIDADR | NONH for all modes of transport |
| WGK Germany | WGK 2 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| Storage Temp. | 2-8°C |
| UNSPSC | 12352207 |