Sterile Filtered Donor Horse Serum Defibrinated

PROPERTIES

Biological source: horse serum

Quality level: 500

Sterility: sterile filtered

Form: liquid

Composition: Hemoglobin, ≤20 mg/dL

Source: USA origin

Technique(s)

  • cell culture | hybridoma: suitable
  • cell culture | mammal: suitable

Impurities: ≤10 EU/mL Endotoxin

Sent in: dry ice

Storage temperature: −20°C

General description

Horse serum produced from adult horses is homogeneous and has low levels of polyamine oxidase. It is metabolically stable and favours cell proliferation. Horse serum is an alternative to bovine serum and is a source of growth factors and hormones.

Request

Horse serum has been used as a supplement to the culture medium in pheochromocytoma cell cultures, cortical slice cultures, retinal cells, and myotubes.

Other notes

Donor Horse Serum is sourced from controlled donor herds located in the USA. Horse serum is high in protein and low in trace metals compared to fetal bovine serum. Donor Horse Serum is suitable for use in diagnostic assays, as an adjunct in mycoplasma growth and assay media, and for the cultivation of hematopoietic stem cells and neural cells.

Preparation note

Collected from a controlled herd.

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