Minimum Essential Medium
SIGMA/51416C - with Earle′s Balanced Salts, with non-essential amino acids, without L-glutamine, liquid, sterile-filtered, suitable for cell culture
Synonym: Minimum Essential Medium Eagle; MEM
Product Type: Chemical
| components | Earle’s salts (5% CO2): yes L-glutamine: no |
| description | for research or for further manufacturing use |
| form | liquid |
| Quality Level | 400  |
| shipped in | ambient |
| sterility | sterile-filtered |
| storage temp. | 2-8°C |
| technique(s) | cell culture | mammalian: suitable |
| Application: | Minimum Essential Medium has been used to culture U87 cells (glioblastoma cell line), to study the antitumor action of decane-1,2-diol derivatives. It has also been used to culture SK-Mel-28 (melanoma cell line) cells. |
| General description: | Minimum Essential Medium (MEM), developed by Harry Eagle is one of the most widely used synthetic cell culture media. |
| RIDADR | NONH for all modes of transport |
| WGK Germany | WGK 1 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| Storage Temp. | 2-8°C |
| UNSPSC | 12352207 |