Bovine Insulin is a two-chain polypeptide hormone produced in vivo in the pancreatic β cells and it is the most studied hormone. Insulin regulates glucose uptake into muscle and fat cells by recruiting membrane glucose transporter Glut-4 to cell surface. Understanding how insulin regulates the movement of Glut-4 will lead to the development of new therapy to treat type II diabetes. Insulin also influences other body functions, such as vascular compliance and cognition. Insulin enhances learning and memory once it enters human brain and benefits verbal memory in particular.
Bovine Insulin has often been used as growth supplement in culturing cells at the concentration ranging from 1 to 10 micrograms per milliliter of medium. The amino acid sequence of insulin is extremely well preserved. Bovine insulin differs from human insulin in only three amino acid residues, that is similar enough to be clinically effective in humans.
Products are for research use only. They are not intended for human, animal, or diagnostic applications.
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Cat. No.:
128-100
128-1000
128-10g
Source:
Bovine insulin from pancreas
Physical Appearance:
Bovine insulin powder
CAS No.:
11070-73-8
Quantity
100 mg
1000 mg
10 g
bulk
Purity
95% by HPLC analysis
Potency
> 27 USPU/mg
Reconstitution:
Equilibrate bottle or vial of bovine insulin to room temperature. Briefly spin down bovine insulin powder in the bottle or vial. Dissolve bovine insulin by adding acidified water at pH 2.0 along the sides of bottle or vial to ensure full recovery of insulin.
10ml to 100mg vial
100ml to 1000mg bottle
Mix bovine insulin gently to make a homogeneous solution. Sterilize Bovine Insulin Stock Solution by filtering 10 ml through a syringe filter (0.2 μm pore size) and filtering 100ml through a 100ml filter unit (0.2 μm pore size). Aliquot single use aliquots in sterile vials as stock solution.
Storage:
Store stock vials of bovine insulin at -20°C in a non frost-free freeze. Do not thaw and refreeze insulin. Store thawed insulin at 4°C.
Suggested Usage:
1 to 10 microgram bovine insulin per milliliter of medium.
Quality Control
Cell culture tested; 5 μg/ml of bovine insulin support robust growth of human keratinocytes
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