Normal Goat Serum, Lyophilized Solid (C15-1305-837)

General description

Normal carrier sera, produced from pooled lots of sera from healthy, non-immunized goats. Suitable for use in radioimmunoassay.

Application

Normal Goat Serum, Lyophilized Solid has been used as a blocking agent in:

• immunohistochemistry
• immunocytochemistry
• immunofluorescence

Biochem/physiol Actions

Normal goat serum can be used as an alternative to commonly used sera such as fetal bovine serum (FBS) and newborn calf serum (NBCS) for the primary culture of cells from various animals. In addition, goat serum also has the potential to use for routine culture of fish cells.

Warning

Toxicity: Standard Handling (A)

Physical form

Lipid extracted, dialyzed against 250 mM NaCl, 10 mM sodium phosphate, 0.05% sodium azide, pH 7.6, and lyophilized.

Reconstitution

Following reconstitution, refrigerate (4°C) for short-term storage or aliquot and freeze (-20°C) for long-term storage. Undiluted stock solutions are stable for several weeks at 4°C or for up to 1 year at -20°C. Avoid freeze/thaw cycles. Do not stored diluted stock solutions for more than 1 day at 4°C.

Reconstitute in 10 ml of H₂O. If the solution is not clear after 1-2 h standing at room temperature, centrifuge and transfer the supernatant to clean tubes.

Legal Information

CALBIOCHEM is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

form: lyophilized solid. manufacturer/tradename: Calbiochem^®. . storage condition: OK to freeze. shipped in: wet ice. storage temp.: 2-8°C. Pictograms: GHS07. Signal Word: Warning. Hazard Statements: H302 + H312 + H332 - H412. Precautionary Statements: P261 - P273 - P280 - P301 + P312 - P302 + P352 + P312 - P304 + P340 + P312. Hazard Classifications: Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 3. Storage Class Code: 13 - Non Combustible Solids. WGK: WGK 1.