Eagle’s Minimal Essential Medium-MAX (EMEM-MAX)
Eagle’s Minimal Essential Medium-MAX (EMEM-MAX) contains L-Alanyl-L-Glutamine, therefore supplying a longer shelf life. EMEM-MAX significantly improves cell viability and growth. We manufacture several types of EMEM-MAX based on your requirements.
Description
Background
Eagle’s Minimal Essential Medium-MAX (EMEM-MAX) is a commonly used media for Mammalian cell culture.
Advantages
The advantages of EMEM-MAX over EMEM are:
- Higher PH Capacity
- Moreover, it contains 4 mM L-Alanyl-L-Glutamine (0.869 g/L) instead of L-Glutamine and therefore:
- Possess longer shelf life.
- More importantly, minimizes toxic ammonia build-up.
- Significantly improves cell viability and growth.
- Remains stable across a wide range of temperatures.
- Improves the culture of primary cells.
Mechanism
Although L-glutamine is a vital amino acid, it degrades, resulting in the generation of toxic ammonia and pyrrolidine carboxylic acid. One way to minimize L-glutamine degradation in media is to gradually add these amino acids to your cell culture. However, keeping track of time to keep the amount of L-glutamine at the same level is tedious, if not impossible.
Alternatively, L-alanyl-L-glutamine can be used because it is much more stable in aqueous solutions. More importantly, it does not easily degrade and gradually releases aminopeptidases. As a result, L-glutamine and L-alanine are then used by the cells for protein production in the TCA cycle.
In addition to our Max formulation products, we manufacture PurMaTM GluaSup (Cat# P3S210 559) is a combination of L-alanyl-L-glutamine which prevents degradation of L-glutamine.
Contents
Eagle’s Minimal Essential Medium-MAX (EMEM-MAX) contains:
- 5 mM sodium pyruvate
- High glucose (4.5g/L)
- Non-Essential Amino Acids
- 3.7 g/L Sodium Bicarbonate; PurMa Biologics Manufactures several types of EMEM based on the amount of Sodium Bicarbonate and HEPES (PH capacity)
- Phenol Red
EMEM-MAX contains no proteins, lipids, or growth factors. Therefore, it requires supplementation, commonly with 10% Fetal bovine Serum (FBS).
Formulation
The complete formulation can be found here: EMEM-MAX Formulation
References
- Immunization and culture of rainbow trout organ sections in vitro. Anderson DP, et al. Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 1986 Jun;12(1-4):203-11. doi: 10.1016/0165-2427(86)90124-8. PMID:
- Human plasma and amino acids as moderators of uptake and metabolic consequences of antifolates in WIL-2 and human leukemia cells. Fyfe MJ, et al. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1981 Mar;66(3):445-51. PMID:
- Dextran T-500 improves survival and spreading of chick embryo cells in serum-free medium. Pietrzkowski Z, et al. Histochem Cytobiol. 1988;26(3):123-31. PMID:
| Parameter | Specification |
|---|---|
| Appearance | Red, clear liquid |
| pH | 7.2 ± 0.1 |
| Osmolality | 275-360 mOsm/L |
| Endotoxin | NMT< 2EU/mL |
| Mycoplasma | Negative |
| Suitability | Suitable for mammalian cell culture |
| Additive | Sodium pyruvate |
| Indicator | Phenol red |
| Mycoplasma Detection | Negative |
| Sterility Tested | Sterile filtered using 0.22 µm filter |
| Form | Liquid |
| Shipping Condition | Room temperature |
Additional information
| Condition | EMEM-MAX Standard Formulation, EMEM-MAX w/o Phenol Red, EMEM-MAX w/o Sodium Bicarbonate, EMEM-MAX w/o Sodium Pyruvate, EMEM-MAX w/o Glucose, EMEM-MAX w/o Phenol Red, w/o Sodium Bicarbonate, EMEM-MAX w/o Sodium Bicarbonate, w/o Sodium Pyruvate, EMEM-MAX High Sodium Bicarbonate (2.438 g/L), EMEM-MAX High Glucose (4.5 g/L), High Sodium Bicarbonate (2.438 g/L), EMEM-MAX 15 mM HEPES (3.6 g/L), EMEM-MAX 25 mM HEPES (5.9 g/L), EMEM-MAX w/o Sodium Pyruvate, w/o Phenol Red, EMEM-MAX w/o Phenol Red, with 15 mM HEPES (3.6 g/L), EMEM-MAX w/o Phenol Red, with 25 mM HEPES (5.9 g/L), EMEM-MAX w/o Phenol Red, with 15 mM HEPES (3.6 g/L), High Sodium Bicarbonate (2.438 g/L) |
|---|---|
| Format | Liquid, Powder |
| Size | 10 X 1000ml, 10 X 500ml, 1 x 500 ml, 6 x 500 ml, 1 x 1000 ml, 6 x 1000 ml, 1 x 10 L, 1 x 50 L |
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azadi@live.ca –
Review: we have purchased Lipid Depleted FBS , DMEM F12 …. they were good quality and decent price
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Time of submission: 29-Jan-2025 23:10:30
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Gregory-Mullen@ouhsc.edu –
Review: We buy *all* of our cell culture media, fetal bovine sera, and lipid-depleted sera from PurMa. The quality of their reagents is absolutely top-notch, giving us reliable, repeatable results in our experiments. We highly recommend PurMa!
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lrothblu@ouhsc.edu –
Review: Serum worked beautifully. Cells grew well and had their usual cycle time. Tissue culture medium also worked very well.
Have you purchased: It is my first Purchase
Time of submission: 24-Feb-2025 13:53:22
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michael-rudolph@ouhsc.edu –
Review: I have worked directly with PurMa biologics on a number of projects ongoing in my lab. I find the media and the specialty Lipid Depleted Serum to be high quality and very consistent among batches, which is critical to our adipogenesis projects using primary stem cells. Also, the service from PurMa is outstanding for my lab.
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jkurien@hausbio.com –
Review: We have been working with PurMa biologics for the past several years , we buy cell culture related media like DMEM F12 and EMEM and Fetal Bovine Serum . We appreciate the high quality and reasonable price, and great customer service.
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Time of submission: 12-Mar-2025 12:34:09
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