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becoming Colourless DMEM?? - (May/26/2010 )

Good afternoon,

I would like to know why the DMEM (red-orange) that I am using for my cell cultures, when in contact with some of the samples, looses the colour! it is not yellow, not purple...colourless.
Does anybody know why?
Thank you in advance.
cheers

-xana-

xana on May 26 2010, 01:32 PM said:

Good afternoon,

I would like to know why the DMEM (red-orange) that I am using for my cell cultures, when in contact with some of the samples, looses the colour! it is not yellow, not purple...colourless.
Does anybody know why?
Thank you in advance.
cheers


I donīt know but macrophages produce H2O2 for defense...do you culture such cells?

-Inmost sun-

Thank you very much for your answer!
I am culturing osteoblasts...the medium seems ok, they are not dying...it just looses the color!
Cheers



Inmost sun on May 26 2010, 03:34 PM said:

xana on May 26 2010, 01:32 PM said:

Good afternoon,

I would like to know why the DMEM (red-orange) that I am using for my cell cultures, when in contact with some of the samples, looses the colour! it is not yellow, not purple...colourless.
Does anybody know why?
Thank you in advance.
cheers


I donīt know but macrophages produce H2O2 for defense...do you culture such cells?

-xana-