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M3817

MegaCell™ RPMI-1640 Medium

without L-glutamine, liquid, sterile-filtered, suitable for cell culture

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NACRES:
NA.75
UNSPSC Code:
12352207
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Quality Segment

500

sterility

sterile-filtered

form

liquid

technique(s)

cell culture | mammalian: suitable

impurities

endotoxin, tested

components

L-glutamine: no

shipped in

ambient

storage temp.

2-8°C

General description

MegaCell™ is a line of versatile media, formulated to significantly reduce the amount of serum required for cultivating mammalian cells in vitro. It is effective as a basal formulation for the growth and maintenance of adherent or suspension cell lines. When supplemented with 3% fetal bovine serum (FBS), MegaCell supports proliferative rates and maximal cell densities comparable, and in some cases superior, to the conventional basal formulation supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum.

Application

MegaCell™ RPMI-1640 Medium has been used:
  • as a component of the TSC medium for culturing trophoblast stem cells (TSC)
  • as a component of 25 ng/ml FGF4 and 1 g/ml heparin (TSF4H medium) for culturing TSCs
  • as a component of embryo-like structures (ETS) embryo medium and TS cell medium for culturing embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and TSCs

Preparation Note

Supplement with 4 mM L-glutamine (20 ml of 200 mM solution, G7513)

Legal Information

Sigma-Aldrich uses the MegaCell trademark pursuant to an agreement with Promega Corporation.
MegaCell is a trademark of Promega Corp.

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

Regulatory Listings

Regulatory Listings are mainly provided for chemical products. Only limited information can be provided here for non-chemical products. No entry means none of the components are listed. It is the user’s obligation to ensure the safe and legal use of the product.

M3817-BULK: + M3817-VAR: + M3817-PH: + M3817PROC: + M3817-500ML:

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