title: Vitamins and other metabolites in various sera commonly used for cell culturing.
abstract: Many cell culture media use different sera to enhance growth. We assayed vitamins and some related metabolites in different sera and identified the concentration of: thiamin, biotin, folates, riboflavin, pantothenates, nicotinates, vitamins B6, B12, A, E, C, and carotenes and some related metabolites: biopterins, free inositol, free and total choline, total carnitines in chicken, horse, rabbit, goat, pig, calf, newborn calf, fetal calf and human sera. Results indicate that vitamin and metabolite content of different sera vary. Such variations could produce fluctuant effects on cell culturings if the metabolite content of the serum is not documented.
authors.affiliation: New Jersey Medical School, Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, Newark 07107.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: DeAngelis
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Frank
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001708:Biopterins / Q000097:blood; D001769:Blood; D002331:Carnitine / Q000097:blood; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002645:Chickens / Q000097:blood; D002794:Choline / Q000097:blood; D003470:Culture Media; D005312:Fetal Blood; D006041:Goats / Q000097:blood; D006736:Horses / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007294:Inositol / Q000097:blood; D011817:Rabbits; D013552:Swine / Q000097:blood; D014815:Vitamins / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D014815:Vitamins; D001708:Biopterins; D007294:Inositol; D002794:Choline; D002331:Carnitine