Table 1 of Bhatt, Mol Vis 2010; 16:283-293.


Table 1. The individual components used to make up the medium in which retinal explants were cultured.

Chemical Supplier Concentration
R16 powder Gibco/Invitrogen (as supplied)
NaHCO3 Sigma-Aldrich (2.8 g in 1 l)
NaSeO3 Sigma Aldrich 7.9 μg/ml
MnCl2 Sigma Aldrich 1 μg/ml
CuSO4 Sigma Aldrich 2.5 μg/ml
Biotin Sigma Aldrich 0.1 μg/ml
Ethanolamine Sigma Aldrich 1 μg/ml
BSA Sigma Aldrich 0.002%
Corticosterone Sigma Aldrich 0.02 μg/ml
L-cysteine Sigma Aldrich 7.09 μg/ml
DL-α-tocopherol Sigma Aldrich 1 μg/ml
DL-α-tocop acetate Sigma Aldrich 1 μg/ml
Linoleic acid Sigma Aldrich 1 μg/ml
Linolenic acid Sigma Aldrich 1 μg/ml
3,3′ 5-Triiodo L thyronine sodium Sigma Aldrich 0.002 μg/ml
Thiamine HCl Sigma Aldrich 2.77 μg/ml
Thiocitic Acid Sigma Aldrich 0.045 μg/ml
Transferrin Sigma Aldrich 10 μg/ml
Vitamin B12 Sigma Aldrich 0.31 μg/ml
Glutamine Sigma Aldrich 25 μg/ml
Vitamin C Sigma Aldrich 100 μg/ml
Glutathione Sigma Aldrich 1 μg/ml
Insulin Sigma Aldrich 0.02 μg/ml
Progesterone Sigma Aldrich 0.0063 μg/ml
Pyruvate Sigma Aldrich 50 μg/ml
Retinol Sigma Aldrich 0.1 μg/ml
Retinyl acetate Sigma Aldrich 0.1 μg/ml