B9638

Basal Medium Eagle

With Earle′s salts and L-glutamine, without sodium bicarbonate, powder, suitable for cell culture

• Synonym(s): BME
• UNSPSC Code: 12352207
• NACRES: NA.75

Properties

• Quality Level: 500
• form: powder
• technique(s): cell culture | mammalian: suitable
• components: phenol red: 0.011 g/L; NaHCO₃: no; L-glutamine: 0.292 g/L; Earle’s salts (5% CO₂): yes
• shipped in: ambient
• storage temp.: 2-8°C

Description

Application

BME, when properly supplemented, has demonstrated wide applicability, for supporting monolayer growth of a wide variety of normal and transformed cell lines.

Quantity

Formulated to contain 9.2 grams of powder per liter of medium.

Reconstitution

Supplement with 2.2 g/L sodium bicarbonate.

Other Notes

Eagle's Basal Medium or BME, developed by Harry Eagle, is one of the most widely used of all synthetic cell culture media.

Safety Information

• Storage Class Code: 13 - Non Combustible Solids
• WGK: WGK 1
• Flash Point(F): Not applicable
• Flash Point(C): Not applicable