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
Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences Dulbeccos Modified Eagles500ML
Pyridoxal which is an aldehyde has been replaced with pyridoxine. This modification has been shown to improve the stability of the medium. Suitable for growth of a wide range of cell types in low serum conditions. Absence of phenol red makes this a preferred medium for clonal and stem cell culture.
Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences BES sodium salt 99 titrati500G
BES sodium salt 99 titrati500G
Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences Dulbeccos Phosphate Bufer500ML
Dulbeccos Phosphate Bufer500ML
Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences TAPS BioXtra 99.5 titratio1KG
TAPS BioXtra 99.5 titratio1KG
Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences Dulbeccos Modified Eagles500ML
Dulbeccos Modified Eagles500ML
Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences Dulbeccos Modified Eagles1L
This DMEM-Low glucose medium is a 1x complete medium with sodium pyruvate added. It also differs from the original DMEM-Hi formulation wherein pyridoxine is substituted for pyridoxal. Pyridoxal is an unstable component of media.
Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences Dulbeccos Modified Eagles500ML
This DMEM-Low glucose medium is a 1x complete medium with sodium pyruvate added. It also differs from the original DMEM-Hi formulation wherein pyridoxine is substituted for pyridoxal. Pyridoxal is an unstable component of media.
Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences Dulbeccos Modified Eagles500ML
Dulbeccos Modified Eagles500ML
Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences Dulbeccos Modified Eagles500ML
Dulbeccos Modified Eagles500ML
Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences TrizmaR hydrochloride solu
A series of Pre-mixed SOLUTIONons of TRIZMA Base and TRIZMA HCl to provide commonly used pH values for Tris buffers. No mixing or pH adjustment necessary. Guaranteed accuracy /- 0.1 pH units.