Room Temperature
Sulforhodamine B (SRB) Cytotoxicity Assay is a sensitive, reproducible and easy-to-use assay based on the ability of SRB to bind to protein components of cells that have been fixed to tissue culture plates. SRB is a bright-pink aminoxanthene dye with two sulfonic groups that bind to basic amino acid residues under mild acidic conditions and dissociate under basic conditions.
As the binding of SRB is stoichiometric, the amount of dye extracted from stained cells is directly proportional to the cell mass. The fixed dye is solubilized and is measured photometrically at OD 540 nm with a reference filter of 690 nm. The OD values correlate with total protein content and therefore with cell number.
Advantages & Features:
• Sensitive
• Easy-to-use
• Fast: avoids time-sensitive measurement
• Reproducible
• Great linearity
• Good signal-to-noise ratio
• Stable end-point
Applications
• Detection of cell toxicity, death, viability or proliferation
• High throughput screening
Specifications
• Includes materials for 1,000 assays: 0.4 g SRB Dye, 100 mL Fixative Reagent, 100 mL Dye Wash Solution (10x), 200 mL SRB Solubilization Buffer
*Developed and manufactured by Canvax Biotechnology, S.L under contractual agreement for AG Scientific, Inc.
0.1 lbs
Research or further manufacturing use only, not for food or drug use.
