Life Science Buffers
Balanced salt solutions and powders used for molecular, protein, nucleic acid, and cell biology applications including cell culture, electrophoresis, ELISA, and chromatography processes; available in a variety of formulations and grades.
Buffer solutions serve to keep pH (acidity or alkalinity) nearly constant in a variety of chemical and biological applications. For example, a bicarbonate buffer helps maintain the pH of blood, a buffered saline maintains cellular contents at a consistent pH level, and buffers help maintain a narrow pH range for enzymes to function correctly.
Most biological samples used in research are kept at a pH of about 7.4. Common biological buffers used for tissue culture include Dulbeccos phosphate buffered saline (PBS), Tris base, HEPES, MOPS, PIPES, and other formulations developed for specific cell lines or applications. Most buffers used in cell culture are also DNase-, RNase-, and protease-free.
The choice of buffer for a particular biological reaction or site depends on several factors:
- Temperature
- Desired or target pH
- Buffer toxicity (to the system)
- Buffer interactions with other system components
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Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences Tris hydrochloride | 1185-53-1 | MFCD00012590
Tris hydrochloridePurity: | MW: 157.6 | 1185-53-1 | MFCD00012590
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S2 Media 1L 1x Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS), pH 6.0, 1L Media Bottle, 1ea
S2Media™ 1x Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS), pH 6.0 has many applications due to its isotonic nature, including uses as a rinse fluid, diluent, and buffer. Phosphate salts are nontoxic to living cells and have a high buffering capacity. pH maintenance is important in retaining cell viability and in the recovery and revitalization of injured or damaged cells during bacterial culture and analysis. PBS is generally used as a 10mM working solution containing a mixture of sodium chloride and inorganic phosphate salts.• Product meets AOAC, APHA, BAM, CLSI, SM-Dairy, SMWW, and USP-NF reference methods and performance criteria.• For in vitro diagnostic (IVD) use.• PBS should be used by trained professionals within a laboratory setting. • Product is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of disease or other human conditions.
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Medchemexpress LLC Hepes, NaCl, sucrose, pH 7.2 buffer | 50 ML
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This physiological buffer is composed of 20 mM HEPES, 150 mM NaCl, and 240 mM Sucrose, adjusted to pH 7.2. It is used to resuspend human erythrocyte ghost preparations. The buffer serves as the final resuspension medium for purified human right-side-out and inside-out erythrocyte ghosts.
- Used as a biochemical assay reagent
- Aids in the resuspension of human erythrocyte ghost preparations
- Appearance is liquid
- Color is colorless to light yellow
- Storage in pure form: -20°C for 3 years, 4°C for 2 years
- Storage in solvent: -80°C for 6 months, -20°C for 1 month
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Cell Signaling Technology Tris Buffered Saline (TBS-10X) 1 liter
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Tris Buffered Saline (TBS-10X) 1 liter
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Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences Phosphate Buffered Saline | MFCD00131855 | 1L
Phosphate Buffered Saline | MFCD00131855 | 1L
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VWR INTERNATIONAL LLC PHOSPHATE BUFFERD SALINE 500ML
PHOSHPHATE BUFFERED SALINE (PBS), STERILE LIQUID. 500ml. 1X Sterile PBS, pH 7.4. 137 mM sodium chloride, 2.7 mM potassium chloride, 12 mM phosphate buffer.
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Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences Tris Buffered Saline, MFCD00132476, 1 L
Synonym: TBS, 10 ×, solution. Tris Buffered Saline has been used as washing buffer for electrodes. It was used to wash microtiter plates for western blot experiments and screening methods.
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Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences TRIS BUFFERED SALINE, WITH BSA
Tris Buffered Saline, with BSA, pH 8.0 Powder
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Gold Biotechnology Inc Bis-Tris 500 g
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Bis-Tris, also known as bis-Tris methane, is a zwitterionic buffering agent used in biochemistry and molecular biology. It is a bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amine and Tris family buffer that is useful for a pH range of 5.8 – 7.2. Bis Tris is a common component of many buffer systems for various types of electrophoresis. Bis-Tris may form a complex with some common metals, such as Cu(II) and Pb(II), and formation constants should be taken into account when using this buffer in a solution containing metal ions. Bis-Tris can be used as a substitute for the highly toxic buffer cacodylate.
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Boston Bioproducts Inc Tris-HCl Buffer (1 M, pH 7.8) - 500ml
The Tris-HCl Buffer is a widely used bufering reagent in molecular biology and biochemistry, acting to maintain a stable pH, and preserve the integrity of target macromolecules. The buffering capacity of Tris-HCl is effective in the pH range of 7.0 to 9.0, making it ideal for many biological applications like cell culture, molecular biology, DNA/RNA extraction, electrophoresis, enzyme assays and immunohistostaining.
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Boston Bioproducts Inc Tris-HCl Buffer (1 M, pH 7.6) - 500ml
The Tris-HCl Buffer is a widely used bufering reagent in molecular biology and biochemistry, acting to maintain a stable pH, and preserve the integrity of target macromolecules. The buffering capacity of Tris-HCl is effective in the pH range of 7.0 to 9.0, making it ideal for many biological applications like cell culture, molecular biology, DNA/RNA extraction, electrophoresis, enzyme assays and immunohistostaining.
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NATIONAL DIAGNOSTICS 50X TAE BUFFER 1LTR
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NC2307035 50X TAE BUFFER 1LTR
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Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences 5-Cyano-2,3-di-(p-tolyl)tetrazolium chloride >=85% (HPLC) | 90217-02-0 | MFCD00467521 | 50MG
5-Cyano-2,3-di-(p-tolyl)tetrazolium chloride >=85% (HPLC) | Purity: >=85% (HPLC) | Mol Wt: 311.77 | 90217-02-0 | MFCD00467521 | 50MG
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Boston Bioproducts Inc HEPES Buffer (1 M, pH 7.0) - 500ml
The HEPES [4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid)] Buffer is a versatile Good's zwitterionic buffering agent widely used in various applications in biochemistry and molecular biology. It maintains a stable pH in the range of 6.8 to 8.2, making it ideal for various applications at physiological pH, including cell culture, protein purification, isoelectric focusing, enzyme studies, bioprocessing, and live cell imaging.
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BIOWORLD BIS-TRIS BUFFER 1M PH 6.0 100
NC2320121 BIS-TRIS BUFFER 1M PH 6.0 100
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