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MEM (Minimum Essential Medium) Concentration (mg/L)

MEM (Minimum Essential Medium) is one of the most commonly used of all cell culture media. MEM can be used with a variety of suspension and adherent mammalian cells, including HeLa, BHK-21, 293, HEP-2, HT-1080, MCF-7, fibroblasts, and primary rat astrocytes. We offer a variety of MEM modifications for a range of cell culture applications. Find the right formulation using the media selector tool.

Amino Acids

L-Arginine hydrochloride	126	126	126	127
L-Cystine 2HCl	31	31	31	31
L-Glutamine	292	0	292	0
L-Histidine hydrochloride-H2O	42	42	42	42
L-Isoleucine	52	52	52	52
L-Leucine	52	52	52	52
L-Lysine hydrochloride	73	73	73	73
L-Methionine	15	15	15	15
L-Phenylalanine	32	32	32
L-Threonine	48	48	48	48
L-Tryptophan	10	10	10	10
L-Tyrosine disodium salt dihydrate
L-Valine	46	46	46	46
L-Asparagine-H2O	0	0	0	60
L-Aspartic acid	0	0	0	30
L-Alanine	0	0	0	25
L-Cysteine hydrochloride-H2O	0	0	0	100
L-Glutamic Acid	0	0	0	75
Glycine	0	0	0	50
L-Proline	0	0	0	40
L-Serine	0	0	0	25

Vitamins

L-Ascorbic acid	0	0	0	50
D-Biotin	0	0	0	0.1
Choline chloride	1	1	1	1
D-Calcium pantothenate	1	1	1	1
i-Inositol	2	2	2	2
Folic Acid	1	1	1	1
Niacinamide	1	1	1	1
Pyridoxal hydrochloride	1	1	1	1
Riboflavin	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Thiamine hydrochloride	1	1	1	1
Vitamin B12	0	0	0	1.33

Inorganic Salts

Calcium Chloride (CaCl2) (anhyd.)	200	200	200	200
Magnesium Sulfate (MgSO4) (anhyd.)	97.67	0	97.67	0
Potassium Chloride (KCl)	400	400	400	400
Sodium Chloride (NaCl)	6800	6800	6800	6800
Sodium Phosphate monobasic (NaH2PO4-H2O)	140	140	140	150
Magnesium Sulfate-7H2O	0	0	0	25
Magnesium chloride-6H2O	0	0	0	183
ferric chloride-6h20	0	0	0	0.54
zinc sulfate-7H2O	0	0	0	0.14
Linoleic acid	0	0	0	0.09