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 Phosphate Buffer
DULBECCOS Dulbeccos Phosphate Buffer
Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences HEPES BioXtra pH 5.0 6.5 1250G
HEPES has been described as one of the best all-purpose buffers available for biological research. At biological pH the molecule is zwitterionic and is effective as a buffer at pH 6.8 to 8.2. HEPES has been used in a wide variety of applications including tissue culture. It is commonly used to buffer cell culture media in air. HEPES finds its usage in in vitro experiments on Mg.
Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences BES 99.0 titration250G
BES (N N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-aminoethanesulfonic acid) is a useful secondary standard biochemical buffer. Useful pH range for BES is 6.4 to 7.8. It is useful for diagnostic assay manufacturing industry. BES a sulfonic acid-containing cross-linking agent induces cross-linking between sulfonated polyimide chains in sulfonated polyimide membranes.
Boston Bioproducts Inc MES Buffer (1 M, pH 5.0) - 250ml
MES Buffer [2- (N-morpholino) ethanesulfonic acid] is a zwitterionic Good's buffer used in biological and biochemical research. It maintains a stable pH within the range of 5.5 to 7.0 and is highly soluble in water. MES is commonly used as a running buffer for bis-tris gels, chromatography, and in protein purification. It is valuable for enzymatic reactions, and acts as a non-coordinating buffer in metal ion chemistry. It has minimal UV absorbance and is stable in various applications.
Boston Bioproducts Inc Tris-Borate-EDTA Buffer (10X) - 4L
The Tris-Borate-EDTA (TBE) Buffer is a pH regulator and chelator used in molecular biology techniques such as nucleic acid gel electrophoresis. Supporting a pH range between 8.1 and 8.5, the TBE Buffer combines aqueous tris base, boric acid, and EDTA (Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid), making it efficient as a running buffer or component of agarose gels. This product is prepared in a 10X stock concentration, and can be diluted to concentrations ideal to specific laboratory workflows.
Boston Bioproducts Inc HEPES Buffer (1 M, pH 7.5, pH Adjusted with KOH) - 250ml
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. This buffer is adjusted with KOH.
Teknova 1M Tris-HCl, pH 9.2. 1000mL, Sterile. 2 pack.
Tris (tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane) is used as a component ofbuffer solutions, especially for solutions ofnucleic acids. The useful buffer range for tris (pH 7–9) is similar to the pH of most living organisms. This, and its low cost, make tris one of the most common buffers in the biology/biochemistry laboratory.
Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences HEPES BioUltra, for molecular biology, 99.5 (T), 7365-45-9, MFCD00006158
HEPES BioUltra, for molecular biology, 99.5 (T)
Research Products International Corp TRIS-Glycine-SDS Buffer, 10X Powder, 184 Grams of Powder, Makes 1 Liter of Solution
Composition:
TRIS (Hydroxymethyl) Aminomethane: < 20.0%
SDS: < 6.0%
Sciencell Research Laboratories DULBECCO'S PHOSPHATE-BUFFERED
Dulbecco's Phosphate-Buffered Saline 500 ml
Enzo Life Sciences Wash buffer concentrate, (100ml)
Formulation: Liquid. TRIS buffered saline containing detergents. Long Term Storage: Ambient. Applications: ELISA .
Bioworld TE Buffer (10X), 100 mL
Product DescriptionTE (Tris-EDTA) has a liquid concentrate of 10X with a pH level of 8.0 brought up with HCl and is stored at room temperature. It contains 10 mM Tris and 1 mM EDTA. It is of biotechnology grade and no DNAse or RNAse activity is detected. TE buffer is used to solubilize DNA or RNA while protecting it from degradation. Commonly used for DNA isolation and electrophoresis protocols.
Bioworld TAE Buffer (10X), 1 L
Product DescriptionTAE (Tris-Acetate-EDTA) buffer liquid concentrate has a 10X concentration and is prepared with 18 megohm water. It has a pH of 8.3 ± 0.2. A concentration of 1X contains 0.4M Tris acetate and 0.01M EDTA. TAE is used for electrophoresis of nucleic acids in agarose and polyacrylamide gels. It can be used for both genomic and large supercoiled DNA, and can also be used as both a running buffer and a gel preparation buffer. It is recommended for resolution of RNA and DNA fragments larger than 1500 bp, for genomic DNA and for large supercoiled DNA. TAE buffer has a relatively low buffering capacity and therefore replacement of the buffer during prolonged electrophoresis is recommended.