Description
MEL06 Minimum Essential Medium (Modification 6) Solution (MEM) contains Earle’s salts and L-glutamine and is used in animal cell culture to support the growth and maintenance of mammalian cells. Key points include:
1. **Basic Nutrients**: Provides essential nutrients like amino acids, vitamins, salts, and glucose.
2. **Earle’s Salts**: Maintains osmotic balance and supplies essential ions, helping to maintain physiological pH with sodium bicarbonate as a buffering agent.
3. **Versatility**: Suitable for a wide range of cell types, including primary and established cell lines, both adherent and suspension cells.
4. **Supplementation**: Often supplemented with fetal bovine serum (FBS), growth factors, or other specific components depending on cell requirements.
5. **Applications**: Used for cell maintenance, proliferation studies, cytotoxicity assays, and metabolic studies.
**Disclaimer:** Results may vary depending on specific cell lines, specifications, and experimental conditions. Consult with cell culture specialists and review comprehensive literature to tailor MEL06’s use to your specific research needs.
