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Application

HEPES has been used:As a component in Danieau medium, which is used to prevent melanin pigment formation post gastrulation of zebra-fish embryoAs a component of Hanks’; solution used in the degradation testing of IronAs a component of HEPES medium in the transfection of cell culture with plasmidsAlong with RPMI-1640, L-glutamine, FBS, Sodium pyruvate and β-mercaptoethanol for the culturing of rat insulinoma cellsAs a supplement in TCM199 medium for washing fresh oocytes required for nuclear transfer studies

General description

HEPES has been described as one of the best all-purpose buffers available for biological research. At biological pH, the molecule is zwitterionic, and is effective as a buffer at pH 6.8 to 8.2. HEPES has been used in a wide variety of applications, including tissue culture. It is commonly used to buffer cell culture media in air. HEPES finds its usage in in vitro experiments on Mg.

Legal Information

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Other Notes

Go to Redi-Dri^™ Product Listing RDD002Easily compare specifications for HEPES products with the HEPES specification table.

Packaging

25, 100, 250, 500 g in poly bottle

5, 25, 50 kg in poly drum

1 kg in poly bottle