Ham's tissue culture medium is a growth medium for mammalian cells.
Contents
It contains in amounts dissolved in 1 liter of triple distilled water:
L-Arginine 211 mg
Biotin 0.024 mg
L-Histidine 21 mg
Calcium pantothenate 0.7 mg
L-Lysine 29.3 mg
Choline chloride 0.69 mg
L-Methionine 4.48 mg
i-inositol 0.54 mg
L-Phenylalanine 4.96 mg
Niacinamide 0.6 mg
L-Tryptophan 0.6 mg
Pyridoxine hydrochloride 0.2 mg
L-Tyrosine 1.81 mg
Riboflavin 0.37 mg
L-Alanine 8.91 mg
Thymidine 0.7 mg
Glycine 7.51 mg
Cyanocobalamin 1.3 mg
L-Serine 10.5 mg
Sodium pyruvate 110 mg
L-Threonine 3.57 mg
Lipoic acid 0.2 mg
L-Aspartic acid 13.3 mg
CaCl<sub>2</sub> 44 mg
L-Glutamic acid 14.7 mg
MgSO<sub>4</sub>÷7H<sub>2</sub>O 153 mg
L-Asparagine 15 mg
Glucose 1.1 g
L-Glutamine 146.2 mg
NaCl 7.4 g
L-Isoleucine 2.6 mg
KCl 285 mg
L-Leucine 13.1 mg
Na<sub>2</sub>HPO<sub>4</sub> 290 mg
L-Proline 11.5 mg
KH<sub>2</sub>PO<sub>4</sub> 83 mg
L-Valine 3.5 mg
Phenol red 1.2 mg
L-Cysteine 31.5 mg
FeSO<sub>4</sub> 0.83 mg
Thiamine hydrochloride 1 mg
CuSO<sub>4</sub>÷5H<sub>2</sub>O 0.0025 mg
Hypoxanthine 4 mg
ZnSO<sub>4</sub>÷7H<sub>2</sub>O 0.028 mg
Folic acid 1.3 mg
NaHCO<sub>3</sub> 1.2 g
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