Description
RPMI-1640 Medium, With Phenol Red
RPMI-1640 was developed by Moore et al in 1967 at Roswell Park Memorial Institute (RPMI), where RPMI is a type of cell culture-medium developed by the institute, and 1640 is the culture-medium code. RPMI-1640 is an improved version of McCoy's 5A medium that uses a bicarbonate buffering system. RPMI-1640 Medium, With Phenol Red contains amino acids, vitamins, inorganic salts and other ingredients required for cell culture, but does not contain proteins, lipids or any growth factors, so this product should be used with serum or no serum additives