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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Growcells PBS 10X 1L CS12
Sterile 10X Phosphate-Buffered Saline solution concentrate prepared with 18.2 megOhm water, 0.2 micron sterile filtered and steam sterilized in final packaging. Recipe/L: NaCl 80g, KCl 2g, Na2HPO4 14.4g, KH2PO4 2.4g
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Growcells TRIS-EDTA PH8 1L EA
Ready to use, sterile TE (Tris-EDTA) buffer solution prepared with 18.2 megOhm water, 0.2 micron sterile filtered and steam sterilized in final packaging. pH 8.0
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Boston Bioproducts Inc Dulbecco's Phosphate Buffered Saline, DPBS (10X) - 1L
Dulbecco s Phosphate Buffered Saline DPBS (10X) - 1L (For Research Use and Further Manufacturing Only)
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NC3588268 50MM TRIS-HCL 10MM EDTA 0.6M
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STEMCELL Technologies EasySep™ Red Blood Cell Lysis Buffer, Size: 100 mL
EasySep™ Red Blood Cell Lysis Buffer is for use as directed with EasySep™ or RoboSep™ Whole Blood kits for the lysis of red blood cells prior to separation from whole blood.
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Boston Bioproducts Inc Tris Buffered Saline, TBS (10X, pH 7.4) - 4L
The Tris Buffered Saline (TBS) is an isotonic non-toxic buffer solution used commonly in biochemical immunoassay as a wash buffer. Tris maintains a stable pH range typically between 7.4 to 8.0 while NaCl regulates osmotic balance via its elected concentration. Tris maintains a stable pH range typically between 7.4 to 8.0 while NaCl regulates osmotic balance via its elected concentration. This TBS Solution is formulated at a 10X concentration.
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VOLUMETRIC BIOTECHNOLOGIES INC 20 WT% GELMA STERILE PBS 1ML
20 wt% GelMA,Sterile,PBS,1mL
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Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences 5-Cyano-2,3-di-(p-tolyl)tetrazolium chloride >=85% (HPLC) | 90217-02-0 | MFCD00467521 | 10MG
5-Cyano-2,3-di-(p-tolyl)tetrazolium chloride >=85% (HPLC) | Purity: >=85% (HPLC) | Mol Wt: 311.77 | 90217-02-0 | MFCD00467521 | 10MG
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DULBECCOS Dulbeccos Modified Eagles1L
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TRIS Tris Acetate-EDTA Buffer 51L
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