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Iscove's Modified Dulbecco's Medium (IMDM-MAX)

Iscove’s Modified Dulbecco’s Medium MAX (IMDM-MAX)

(11 customer reviews)

Iscove’s Modified Dulbecco’s Medium MAX (IMDM-MAX) contains L-Alanyl-L-Glutamine, therefore supplying a longer shelf life.  IMDM-MAX significantly improves cell viability and growth. We manufacture several types of IMDM-MAX based on your requirements.

SKU: N/A Categories: Iscove's Modified Dulbecco's Medium (IMDM), Cell Culture Media Tags: MAX, L-Alanyl-L-Glutamine, glucose, Phenol Red, Without Phenol Red, Mammalian Cells, Cell Culture

Description

Background

Iscove’s Modified Dulbecco’s Medium MAX (IMDM-MAX) is a commonly used media for Mammalian cell culture.

Advantages

The advantages of IMDM-MAX over IMDM 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

Iscove’s Modified Dulbecco’s Medium MAX (IMDM-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 IMDM-MAX based on the amount of Sodium Bicarbonate and HEPES (PH capacity)
  • Phenol Red

IMDM-MAX contains no proteins, lipids, or growth factors. Therefore, it requires supplementation, commonly with 10% Fetal bovine Serum (FBS).

Formulation

Complete formulation click here: IMDM-MAX Formulation 

References

 

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

IMDM-MAX Standard Formulation, IMDM-MAX Standard Formulation, ATCC Formulation, IMDM-MAX w/o Phenol Red, IMDM-MAX w/o Sodium Bicarbonate, IMDM-MAX w/o Sodium Pyruvate, IMDM-MAX w/o Glucose, IMDM-MAX w/o HEPES, IMDM-MAX w/o Phenol Red, w/o Sodium Bicarbonate, IMDM-MAX w/o Sodium Bicarbonate, w/o Sodium Pyruvate, IMDM-MAX Low Glucose (1.5 g/L), IMDM-MAX 15 mM HEPES (3.6 g/L), IMDM-MAX 15 mM HEPES (3.6 g/L), Low Sodium Bicarbonate (1.5 g/L), IMDM-MAX w/o Sodium Pyruvate, w/o Phenol Red, IMDM-MAX w/o Sodium Pyruvate, w/o HEPES, IMDM-MAX w/o Phenol Red, with 15 mM HEPES (3.6 g/L), IMDM-MAX w/o Sodium Pyruvate, with 15 mM HEPES (3.6 g/L), IMDM-MAX w/o Phenol Red, Low Sodium Bicarbonate (1.5 g/L), IMDM-MAX w/o Sodium Pyruvate, Low Sodium Bicarbonate (1.5 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

11 reviews for Iscove’s Modified Dulbecco’s Medium MAX (IMDM-MAX)

  1. azadi@live.ca –

    Review: we have purchased Lipid Depleted FBS , DMEM F12 …. they were good quality and decent price
    Have you purchased: Yes
    Time of submission: 29-Jan-2025 23:10:30
    Ease of placing the order: 5/5

  2. Anonymous –

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    Time of submission: 21-Feb-2025 15:30:00
    Ease of placing the order: ‘not given’

  3. 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!
    Have you purchased: Yes
    Time of submission: 21-Feb-2025 15:46:22
    Ease of placing the order: 5/5

  4. Anonymous –

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    Time of submission: 24-Feb-2025 13:50:14
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  5. 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
    Ease of placing the order: 5/5

  6. Anonymous –

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    Time of submission: 27-Feb-2025 17:42:44
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  7. Anonymous –

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    Time of submission: 05-Mar-2025 16:31:44
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  8. 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.
    Have you purchased: Yes
    Time of submission: 05-Mar-2025 16:35:21
    Ease of placing the order: 5/5

  9. Anonymous –

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    Time of submission: 05-Mar-2025 17:29:13
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  10. Anonymous –

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    Time of submission: 10-Mar-2025 14:32:38
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  11. 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.
    Have you purchased: Yes
    Time of submission: 12-Mar-2025 12:34:09
    Ease of placing the order: 5/5

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