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
Bioworld Tricine-SDS Sample Buffer, Non-Reducing (2X), 50 mL
Product DescriptionTricine-SDS is a sample buffer under non-reducing conditions for protein analysis. It has a concentration of 2X and contains 900 mM Tris-HCl with a pH of 8.45, 8% SDS, 20% glycerol, 0.01% Coomassie blue, and 0.01% phenol red.The tricine system requires SDS in sample and running buffers for best results. Tricine-SDS PAGE is commonly used to separate proteins that range in molecular weight between 1 – 100 kDa but is preferred for the resolution of proteins smaller than 30 kDa.
Teknova MES Dilution Buffer, pH 6.5. 1000mL, Sterile 8 pack.
MES solution is a zwitterionic buffer used to help maintain pH levels in biochemistry experiments. It has a buffering range of pH 5.8 - 6.5.
Biocare Medical, LLC PBS Plus, 10X
For laboratory use and procedures requiring a high quality phosphate buffered saline with superior pH stability. PBS Plus (sodium azide free) buffer works well for manual and automated histopathology and immunohistochemistry (IHC) applications with the addition of a surfactant.
Bioworld BES, 1M, pH 7.0, 100 mL
BES bufferAlso known as N,N-Bis(hydroxyethyl)-2aminoethanesulfonic acid.Technical Information:pKA (25 C): 7.1Heavy Metals: <0.0005%. Appearance: LiquidBoiling Point : 404.34 °C (Predicted)Density : 1.44 g/cm3 (Predicted)Melting Point: 152-154 °CPH Value: 6.4-7.8