Merck Mineral oil

Mineral oil

light oil, suitable for mouse embryo cell culture, BioXtra

Quality Level

300

무균

sterile-filtered

제품 라인

BioXtra

form

light oil

저장 조건

protect from light

technique(s)

cell culture | embryo: suitable

refractive index

n20/D 1.467 (lit.)

density

0.82-0.88 g/mL at 25 °C

형식

neat

InChI key

AEOVEGJBKQQFOP-DDVLFWKVSA-L

Mineral oil or liquid petroleum is used for conservation of various types of cutltures. The advantages of using mineral oil are that the growth rate is decreased and the evaporation of water from the medium is almost completely eliminated. Thus, sub-culturing is reduced leading to increase in the viability of the culture. The first time mineral oil was used was in 1914, and it was used to overlay bacterial culture.