Charcoal-Stripped Fetal Bovine Serum (CS-FBS)
Charcoal-Stripped Fetal Bovine Serum (CS-FBS) is the outcome of treating the Fetal Bovine Serum or Calf serum with activated carbon removes hormones and steroids from FBS.
Description
Background
Charcoal-Stripped Fetal Bovine Serum (CS-FBS) is the outcome of treating the Fetal Bovine Serum or Calf serum with activated carbon removes hormones and steroids from FBS.
- This process removes all the non-polar material such as lipophilic (lipid-related) materials (viruses, certain growth factors, hormones, and cytokines).
- Acts as an effective blocker agent in immunoassay systems as well as immunoprecipitating analysis (by coating the Sepharose-activated beads in order to prevent nonspecific binding).
- Moreover, it performs the function regardless of the molecular weight of the target.
PurMa Biologics applying Norit A charcoal coated with Dextran T-70 which manufactures a high-quality Charcoal-Stripped Fetal Bovine Serum.
PurMa™ Charcoal-Stripped FBS (DFBS)
- PurMaTM Premium FBS is USA origin.
- Goes through Heat in activation and gamma irradiation.
- Following the stripping, the FBS goes through heat inactivation process.
- PurMa Biologics perform vigorous analysis following the stripping and will provide a certificate of analysis.
- The procedure depletes any residue of mycoplasma, steroids and hormones, and other pathogens.
- Acceptable level of endotoxin (10 mg/Dl) and hemoglobin (20 mg/Dl).
- Due to the loss of a vast variety of hormones and steroids (such as growth factors), we recommend using 15-20% CS-FBS in your media to make sure cultured cells are well beings.
Routine pathological analysis on PurMa bovine and horse serums: Routine Pathological Analysis on PurMa Bovine and Horse Serums
Further Instructions
On receiving the bottle or on first usage, defrost and aliquot the bottle into smaller quantities as freezing and thawing is not recommended for this product.
References
- The effects of estrogens and antiestrogens on hormone-responsive human breast cancer in long-term tissue culture. Lippman et al. Cancer Res. 1976 Dec;36(12):4595-601. PMID:
- Leake et al. Steroid Hormones: A Practical Approach. Oxford, UK: IRL Press; 1987.
- Effects of estrogens and antiestrogens on estrogen receptor dynamics and the induction of progesterone receptor in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells. Eckert et al. Cancer Res. 1982 Jan;42(1):139-44.
Methodology | Unit measured | Accepted level | Result |
Sterility (Current USP and EP 2.6.1 for Bacteria & Fungi) | NA | Not Detected | Not Detected |
pH | N/A | measured | 6.58 |
Osmolality (USP 785) mOsm/KgH2 | mOsm/KgH20 | 280-340 | 288 |
Hemoglobin (Fleming & Woolf) | mg/dL | <25 | 12.9 |
Endotoxin (USP 85) | EU/mL | <20 | <0.100 |
Mycoplasma (Barile & Kern; Large Volume, Direct Culture) | NA | Not Detected | Not Detected |
IgG | Elliza | Measured | 0.19 ug/ml |
Albumin | Eliza | Measured | ≤ 4.6 g/dL |
Virus Testing (9 CFR 113.53c) | |||
Bovine Adenovirus | NA | Not Detected | Not Detected |
Bovine Parvovirus | NA | Not Detected | Not Detected |
Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus | NA | Not Detected | Not Detected |
Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus | NA | Not Detected | Not Detected |
Rabies | NA | Not Detected | Not Detected |
Reovirus | NA | Not Detected | Not Detected |
Cytopathogenic Agents (IBR) | NA | Not Detected | Not Detected |
Hemadsorbing Agents (PI3) | NA | Not Detected | Not Detected |
Bluetongue | NA | Not Detected | Not Detected |
Additional information
Size | 1 x 50 ml, 1 x 500 ml |
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18 reviews for Charcoal-Stripped Fetal Bovine Serum (CS-FBS)
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azadi@live.ca –
Review: we have purchased Lipid Depleted FBS , DMEM F12 …. they were good quality and decent price
Have you purchased: Yes
Time of submission: 29-Jan-2025 23:10:30
Ease of placing the order: 5/5
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Gregory-Mullen@ouhsc.edu –
Review: We buy *all* of our cell culture media, fetal bovine sera, and lipid-depleted sera from PurMa. The quality of their reagents is absolutely top-notch, giving us reliable, repeatable results in our experiments. We highly recommend PurMa!
Have you purchased: Yes
Time of submission: 21-Feb-2025 15:46:22
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lrothblu@ouhsc.edu –
Review: Serum worked beautifully. Cells grew well and had their usual cycle time. Tissue culture medium also worked very well.
Have you purchased: It is my first Purchase
Time of submission: 24-Feb-2025 13:53:22
Ease of placing the order: 5/5
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michael-rudolph@ouhsc.edu –
Review: I have worked directly with PurMa biologics on a number of projects ongoing in my lab. I find the media and the specialty Lipid Depleted Serum to be high quality and very consistent among batches, which is critical to our adipogenesis projects using primary stem cells. Also, the service from PurMa is outstanding for my lab.
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Time of submission: 05-Mar-2025 16:35:21
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jkurien@hausbio.com –
Review: We have been working with PurMa biologics for the past several years , we buy cell culture related media like DMEM F12 and EMEM and Fetal Bovine Serum . We appreciate the high quality and reasonable price, and great customer service.
Have you purchased: Yes
Time of submission: 12-Mar-2025 12:34:09
Ease of placing the order: 5/5
hyeungk1968@gmail.comthe –
Review: I used Lipid Free horse serum of PurMa Biologics.
The quality is great!
Have you purchased: Yes
Time of submission: 17-Mar-2025 12:09:58
Ease of placing the order: 5/5
jaya-krishnan@omrf.org –
Review: I started my lab using the regular Gibco media components. We have shifted to Purma past 6 months and see no difference in the quality of our cell culture. Simply saying that Purma is cheaper, quicker to deliver and as good as Gibco. The best part was that Purma customized several media for our fish cell lines which was really helpful. Lastly, Seif walked through the customization of media over Zoom, that gave a lot of confidence for using those media solutions.
Have you purchased: Yes
Time of submission: 17-Mar-2025 14:22:58
Ease of placing the order: 4/5
tayyab-afzal@omrf.org –
Review: We bought Premium FBS and DMEM cell culture media from PurMa Biologics. We are using them for several mammalian cell line and primary cell culture and the cell growth is perfectly fine. We are totally satisfied with the product quality. Importantly as local vendor, we can have the product available as per our demand ASAP.
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Time of submission: 18-Mar-2025 10:01:50
Ease of placing the order: 5/5
Fitzkr@gmail.com –
Review: We purchase everything we need related to cell and tissue culture from PurMa, reagents like: DMEM, LL15, EMEM, FBS, trypsin, antibiotics mix100X and…
Always great quality, fast processing and shipping.
We are totally satisfied.
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Time of submission: 22-Mar-2025 10:47:00
Ease of placing the order: 5/5
vmadka@ouhsc.edu –
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Time of submission: 24-Mar-2025 15:02:40
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Anupam-Mandal@ouhsc.edu –
Review: Excellent
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Time of submission: 24-Mar-2025 15:05:43
Ease of placing the order: 5/5
rohan-varshney@ouhsc.edu –
Review: Reliable and dependable products. We purchased lipid-depleted FBS (LD-FBS) from PurMa Biologics and it worked great. We cross-checked the lipid content in the serum by GC-MS and Triglyceride assay and as advertised, did not find any lipids in the FBS.
Have you purchased: Yes
Time of submission: 24-Mar-2025 15:06:38
Ease of placing the order: 5/5