Relationship between bovine serum composition and its capacity to stimulate cell culture growth
Igudin, L.I.; Orlov, S.D.; Katsnel'son, N.V.; Markman, G.A.
Tsitologiia 25(10): 1216-1218
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-3771 PMID: 6659066 Document Number: 213101
A relationship has been studied between the growth-stimulating activity and chemical composition of bovine serum (BS) that is widely used for cell culture growth and virus replication. A direct correlation was shown between the growth-promoting activity of bovine serum, manifested on the model of chick embryo fibroblasts, and the contents of phospholipids, total lipids, proteins, and calcium in this serum. A significant inverse association has also been revealed between the growth-promoting activity of the serum and the amounts of cholesterol and glucose in this.