Product Description
McCoy’s 5A medium is a versatile culture medium capable of supporting the propagation of various types of primary cells, established cell lines, and explants from biopsy tissues. This medium can support the growth of mammalian cells originating from normal bone marrow, skin, spleen, kidney, lung, rat embryos, and other tissues.
The original formulation of McCoy’s 5A medium was designed to meet the culturing needs of Novikoff liver cancer cells, and it can support the unlimited proliferation of Walker256 cancer cells and a variety of human and rat normal and transformed cells. The modified version of McCoy’s 5A medium, developed by Iwakata and Grace, contains higher levels of L-glutamine, inositol, and glucose compared to the original formulation.
This McCOY’s 5A is modified as follows:
| With | Without |
| L-Glutamine | Sodium Pyruvate |
| Phenol Red (11mg/L) | Penicillin & Streptomycin |
| Peptone (600mg/L) | HEPES |
| High Glucose (3000mg/L) | |
| Please refer to the instruction manual for detailed formulation. | |
Shipping and Storage
- Storage：Store at 2-8°C in the dark for one year.
- Shipment：
Usage Statement
Research Use Only (RUO)
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