Life Science Buffers
Balanced salt solutions and powders used for molecular, protein, nucleic acid, and cell biology applications including cell culture, electrophoresis, ELISA, and chromatography processes; available in a variety of formulations and grades.
Buffer solutions serve to keep pH (acidity or alkalinity) nearly constant in a variety of chemical and biological applications. For example, a bicarbonate buffer helps maintain the pH of blood, a buffered saline maintains cellular contents at a consistent pH level, and buffers help maintain a narrow pH range for enzymes to function correctly.
Most biological samples used in research are kept at a pH of about 7.4. Common biological buffers used for tissue culture include Dulbeccos phosphate buffered saline (PBS), Tris base, HEPES, MOPS, PIPES, and other formulations developed for specific cell lines or applications. Most buffers used in cell culture are also DNase-, RNase-, and protease-free.
The choice of buffer for a particular biological reaction or site depends on several factors:
- Temperature
- Desired or target pH
- Buffer toxicity (to the system)
- Buffer interactions with other system components
Tris (Tromethamine) (Granular/USP), Fisher Chemical™
CAS: 77-86-1 Molecular Formula: C4H11NO3 Molecular Weight (g/mol): 121.136 MDL Number: MFCD00004679 InChI Key: LENZDBCJOHFCAS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Synonym: Trishydroxymethylaminomethane,Tris Buffer,Tris,THAM,Trizma™,2-Amino-2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol,Tris base,Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane,Trometamol PubChem CID: 6503 ChEBI: CHEBI:9754 IUPAC Name: 2-amino-2-(hydroxymethyl)propane-1,3-diol SMILES: C(C(CO)(CO)N)O
Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS), 10X Powder, pH 7.4, Fisher BioReagents™
Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS), 10X Powder provides a convenient way to make 1 L of 10X stock PBS solution.
MES (Fine White Crystals), Fisher BioReagents
CAS: 145224-94-8 Molecular Formula: C6H15NO5S Molecular Weight (g/mol): 213.248 InChI Key: MIIIXQJBDGSIKL-UHFFFAOYSA-N Synonym: 2-(4-Morpholino)ethane Sulfonic Acid,2-(N-Morpholino)ethanesulfonic acid hydrate PubChem CID: 16218417 IUPAC Name: 2-morpholin-4-ylethanesulfonic acid;hydrate SMILES: C1COCCN1CCS(=O)(=O)O.O
TE Buffer, Tris-EDTA, 1X Solution, pH 8.0, Molecular Biology, Fisher BioReagents
HEPES (Fine White Crystals/Molecular Biology), Fisher BioReagents™
Commonly used buffering agent | CAS: 7365-45-9 | C8H18N2O4S | 238.30 g/mol
Tris Base (White Crystals or Crystalline Powder/Triple-Crystallized), Fisher BioReagents™
For sensitive molecular biology, tissue culture, and electrophoresis methods | CAS: 77-86-1 | C4H11NO3 | 121.136 g/mol
TBE Buffer, Tris-Borate-EDTA, 10X Solution, Electrophoresis, Fisher BioReagents™
CAS: 10043-35-3 Synonym: TBE
Tris Base (White Crystals or Crystalline Powder/Molecular Biology), Fisher BioReagents™
CAS: 77-86-1 Molecular Formula: C4H11NO3 Molecular Weight (g/mol): 121.136 InChI Key: LENZDBCJOHFCAS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Synonym: Trimethylol Aminomethane,Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane,2-Amino-2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol,THAM,Tris base,Trometamol PubChem CID: 6503 ChEBI: CHEBI:9754 IUPAC Name: 2-amino-2-(hydroxymethyl)propane-1,3-diol SMILES: C(C(CO)(CO)N)O
TAE Buffer, Tris-Acetate-EDTA, 50X Solution, Electrophoresis, Fisher BioReagents™
Tris-Acetate-EDTA, CAS Number-77-86-1, 60-00-4, 6850-28-8, TAE, 4L, Gray, Tris (24%), Acetic Acid (5.0%), and EDTA (<2%)., DNase free, Pass Test, Filtered through a 0.2-micron filter., Electrophoresis, 50X Solution, Poly CUBE, Liquid, Protease free, DNase-, RNase- and Protease-Free, RT
Corning™ Cell Culture Buffers: Dulbecco's Phosphate-Buffered Salt Solution 1X
With low endotoxin content.
Corning™ Cell Culture Phosphate Buffered Saline (1X)
With low endotoxin content. Without calcium and magnesium.
HEPES Sodium Salt (White Powder), Fisher BioReagents
CAS: 75277-39-3 Molecular Formula: C8H17N2NaO4S Molecular Weight (g/mol): 260.28 MDL Number: MFCD00036463 InChI Key: RDZTWEVXRGYCFV-UHFFFAOYSA-M PubChem CID: 2724248 ChEBI: CHEBI:46758 IUPAC Name: sodium 2-[4-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperazin-1-yl]ethane-1-sulfonate SMILES: [Na+].OCCN1CCN(CCS([O-])(=O)=O)CC1
