Gibco™ McCoy's 5A (Modified) Medium

Description

• McCoy's 5A (modified) Medium is a general purpose medium that supports the propagation of many types of primary cells, established cell lines, and explants from biopsy tissues
• This medium will support the growth of primary mammalian cells derived from normal bone marrow, skin, spleen, kidney, lung, rat embryos, and other tissues
• This McCoy's 5A is modified as follows: With: High Glucose, L-glutamine, Bacto-peptone, Phenol Red Without: Sodium Pyruvate, HEPES The complete formulation is available
• Using McCoy's 5A (modified) Medium Dr
• Thomas McCoy originally formulated McCoy's 5A medium as a modification of Basal Medium 5A
• Unlike other media, McCoy's 5A contains the reducing agent glutathione, bacto-peptone, and a high level of glucose
• This product also includes Dr
• Hsu's addition of Hanks' salts to enable use outside a CO 2 incubator
• McCoy's 5A (modified) Medium requires serum supplementation, commonly with 10% Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS)
• McCoy's 5A (modified) Medium uses a sodium bicarbonate buffer system (2.2 g/L), and therefore requires a 5–10% CO 2 environment to maintain physiological pH
• Order Info Shipping Condition: Room Temperature