Earle's balanced salt solution

Earle's balanced salt solution is an isotonic saline solution (or balanced salt solution) formulated by W.R. Earle in 1943.

[1] It contains sodium chloride, potassium chloride, calcium chloride, magnesium sulfate, sodium dihydrogen phosphate, sodium bicarbonate and dextrose (glucose).

It is intended to be used in 5% CO2 atmosphere.

It is a base of many cell culture media.

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