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Minimum Essential Medium Eagle

With Earle′s salts and reduced NaHCO₃. 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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Product Name

Minimum Essential Medium Eagle, Modified, with Earle′s salts and reduced NaHCO3. 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: 0.011 g/L
NaHCO3: 0.85 g/L
glucose: 1.0 g/L
L-glutamine: no

shipped in

ambient

storage temp.

2-8°C

General description

Minimum Essential Medium (MEM), developed by Harry Eagle, is one of the most widely used of all synthetic cell culture media. Early attempts to cultivate normal mammalian fibroblasts and certain subtypes of HeLa cells revealed they had specific nutritional requirements that could not be met by Eagle′s Basal Medium (BME). Subsequent studies using these and other cells in culture indicated additions to BME could be made to aid growth of a wider variety of fastidious cells.

MEM, which incorporates these modifications, includes higher concentrations of amino acids so the medium more closely approximates the protein composition of cultured mammalian cells. MEM has been used for cultivation of a wide variety of cells grown in monolayers. Optional supplementation of non-essential amino acids to the formulations that incorporate either Hanks′ or Earle′s salts has broadened the usefulness of this medium.

Application

Recommended for use in a carbon dioxide-free culture system.

Preparation Note

Supplement with 0.292 g/L L-glutamine.

Other Notes

May also be supplemented with HEPES to raise the buffering range.
This product lacks L-Ala; L-Asn; L-Glu; Gly; L-Pro; L-Ser and L-Gln.

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Storage Class

12 - Non Combustible Liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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RNBL7500
RNBK3079
RNBJ1562
RNBH9894
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MEM (Minimum Essential Medium Eagle)

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Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
M2414-500ML04061834041955
M2414-6X500ML04061834041962