Reduced-Serum High-Glucose DMEM with NEAA and Pyruvate
CCM-SF-0063 is a reduced-serum, high-glucose DMEM formulation for fibroblast, smooth muscle cell, and related adherent cell culture workflows using 1–5% FBS. This liquid medium is supplied in a 500 mL format with phenol red, 4.5 g/L D-glucose, sodium pyruvate, and MEM non-essential amino acids, and without L-glutamine or HEPES. It is sterile-filtered, shipped on blue ice, and eligible for free worldwide shipping from CellCultureMedia for qualified orders.
- ✓ Free worldwide shipping
- ✓ ISO-aligned manufacturing
- ✓ Certificate of Analysis on request
- ✓ Bulk & custom volumes quoted on request
Overview
CCM-SF-0063 is an advanced reduced-serum DMEM designed for research and process-development groups that need a defined base for lowering serum input while maintaining familiar high-glucose DMEM chemistry. The formulation contains phenol red for visual pH monitoring, 4.5 g/L D-glucose for energy-intensive cultures, 0.11 g/L sodium pyruvate as an additional carbon source, and MEM non-essential amino acids to reduce metabolic burden during expansion. It is manufactured as a liquid, animal-origin classified medium for scientific and basic research use.
The medium is specified for culture at 37 °C in 5–10% CO2 and is intended for systems supplemented with 1–5% FBS. Key release specifications include pH 7.0–7.4, osmolality 320–350 mOsmol/kg, endotoxin ≤1 EU/mL, and sterile-filtered status. L-glutamine and HEPES are intentionally excluded, allowing laboratories to add fresh glutamine or alternative buffering components according to internal protocols. For adjacent reduced-serum and chemically controlled options, review the serum-free and reduced-serum media category.
Applications
- Reduced-serum maintenance and expansion of fibroblasts, smooth muscle cells, and comparable adherent cell types in research environments.
- Protocol development where teams are transitioning from conventional serum-containing DMEM toward lower-serum culture conditions using 1–5% FBS.
- Comparability studies requiring high-glucose DMEM with phenol red, sodium pyruvate, and MEM non-essential amino acids, but without pre-added L-glutamine.
- Process engineering evaluations where osmolality, pH range, endotoxin limit, and sterile-filtered liquid format must be documented for batch records.
- Academic, biotech, and biopharma R&D workflows that require consistent 500 mL packaging, blue-ice logistics, and procurement-ready specifications.
Storage and Handling
Store CCM-SF-0063 at 2–8 °C protected from light. Do not freeze unless a validated internal procedure has been established, as freezing may affect solubility or container integrity. Warm only the required volume to room temperature or the validated process temperature before use, and handle aseptically in a qualified biosafety cabinet. Because L-glutamine is not included, add glutamine or a stable substitute only when required by the cell line and experimental design. The stated shelf life is 12 months when unopened and stored under the recommended conditions.
Quality and Documentation
CellCultureMedia supplies CCM-SF-0063 for research and bioprocessing procurement teams that require lot-level traceability and clear release criteria. Manufacturing and quality controls are ISO-aligned, and a Certificate of Analysis can be requested through quality documentation support. Typical documentation may confirm appearance, pH, osmolality, sterility status, endotoxin limit, shelf life, storage range, and shipping condition. For volume requirements, standing supply, or multi-site purchasing, submit a request through request a quote. Free worldwide shipping is available where applicable, with temperature-controlled dispatch on blue ice.
Specifications
Formulation Highlights
Contains (+)
[+]Phenol Red[+]4.5 g/L D-Glucose[+]0.11 g/L Sodium Pyruvate[+]MEMNon-Essential Amino Acids
Does Not Contain (-)
[-]L-Glutamine[-]HEPES
Storage & Handling
Storage: 2~8 ℃, protected from light. Shelf life: 12 months. Ship cold-chain where required.
Quality & Documentation
Manufactured under ISO-aligned quality management systems. Full documentation — Certificate of Analysis (CoA), Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), formulation summary, and stability data — is available on request. Email [email protected] with the SKU.
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- Essential and Non-Essential Amino Acids in Cell CultureIn cell culture, an amino acid is called essential if cultured mammalian cells cannot make enough of it and it must be supplied in the medium - thirteen of them, the set Harry Eagle defined, including arginine, cystine, tyrosine and glutamine that are not classed as dietary essentials. The seven non-essential amino acids - glycine, alanine, asparagine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, proline and serine - can be synthesised by most cells, and are supplied anyway because making them consumes carbon, ATP and reducing equivalents that would otherwise go into growth. A MEM NEAA 100X supplement contains all seven at 10 mM, giving 0.1 mM of each at working strength; add it to MEM or DMEM, which contain few or none, and leave it out of Ham's F-12, IMDM and DMEM/F-12, which already carry all seven.