UNSPSC Code: 12352203
NACRES: NA.46
Biological source:
horse serum
Sterility: non-sterile
Form: liquid
Shipped in: dry
ice
biological source:
horse serum
Quality Level: 200
Sterility: non-sterile
Form: liquid
Contains: preservative
shipped in: dry
ice
storage temp.: −20°C
General description
Horse serum displays homogeneity between fetal bovine serum
and fetal calf serum .It has low levels of polyamine oxidase.[1]
Horse serum is pooled from a normal donor herd.
Application
Horse serum has been used as a supplement in minimum
essential medium for cerebrocortical neuronal−glial cell cultures[2] and
RPMI-40 medium for PC12 cells derived from rat adrenal medulla
pheochromocytoma.[3] It has also been used in immunohistochemistry of
Florida manatee brain sections.[4]
Normal horse serum may be used as a blocking agent and
controls in immunoassays. For immunohistochemistry and immunocytochemistry, 10%
horse serum was used as blocking agent in various Studies.[5][6][7][8][9]
Horse serum was used in immunostaining for blocking non-specific antibodies
binding.[10]
Biochem/physiol Actions
The horse serum is an alternative to bovine serum for growth
factors and hormones for cell culture studies.[11] Horse serum stimulates
fibroblast differentiation and extracellular matrix (ECM) and cytokines
synthesis.[11]
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