Product Specifications
Description
Serum is the blood component that can be obtained after coagulation and by removing cellular components. Besides serum proteins it contains, e.g. growth factors, amino acids and hormones. This comprehensive mix makes serum one of the most important supplements, supporting cells to grow and proliferate in vitro cell culture.
Of special interest is the fetal bovine serum (FBS). It is especially rich in growth factors and is particularly low in antibodies, which may influence the cell culture work.
In order to remove lipids from FBS, the fumed silica precipitation method is used. Fumed silica is added to serum, non-polar substances such as lipids and steroids will adsorb to the surface to fumed silica. The solution is then centrifuged and the pellet of silica with adsorbed lipids is removed. The serum is then sterile-filtered. The acceptation criterion for the treatment is a level of cholesterol lower than 10 mg/100 ml. Lipids and other non-polar substances will be reduced in comparison to non-treated serum.
Storage and Shelf Life
Store at ≤-15 °C.
Quality Control
Only sera batches which pass our strict quality control are released for sale. Standard parameters which are determined include pH, osmolality, content of protein, albumin, IgG and hemoglobin, endotoxin level, sterility, mycoplasma detection and virus testing.

