sterility:sterile-filtered.
form:liquid.
technique(s):cell culture | embryo: suitable.
impurities:endotoxin, tested.
components:sodium pyruvate: 0.0363 g/L;glucose: 1.0 g/L (Dextro);phenol red: 0.0106 g/L;NaHCO3: 2.101 g/L.
Application:M2 and M16 Medium are common media for in vitro culture of preimplantation stage embryos. It is a modified Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate solution, which is very similar to Whitten′s Medium. M16 contains pyruvate and lactate as energy sources since preimplantation embryos do not utilize glucose efficiently.