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ReviewBiotechnology and bioengineering2019

Vitamins in cell culture media: Stability and stabilization strategies.

Alisa Schnellbaecher, Dennis Binder, Stephanie Bellmaine, Aline Zimmer

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Review in Biotechnology and bioengineering, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers.

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60citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed, 132 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alisa SchnellbaecherUpstream R&D, Life Science Division, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Dennis BinderUpstream R&D, Life Science Division, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Stephanie BellmaineUpstream R&D, Life Science Division, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2112-9172
Aline ZimmerUpstream R&D, Life Science Division, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0279-4863
Merck (Germany) · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nowadays, chemically defined cell culture media (CCM) have replaced serum- and hydrolysate-based media that rely on complex ingredients, such as yeast extracts or peptones. Benefits include a significantly lower lot-to-lot variability, more efficient manufacturing by reduction to essential components, and the ability to exclude components that may negatively influence growth, viability, or productivity. Even though current chemically defined CCMs provide an excellent basis for various mammalian biotechnological processes, vitamin instabilities are known to be a key factor contributing to the variabilities still present in liquid CCM as well as to short storage times. In this review, the chemical degradation pathways and products for the most relevant vitamins for CCM will be discussed, with a focus on the effects of light, oxygen, heat, and other CCM compounds. Different approaches to stabilize vitamins in solution, such as replacement with analogs, encapsulation, or the addition of stabilizing compounds will also be reviewed. While these vitamins and vitamin stabilization approaches are presented here as particular for CCM, the application of these concepts can also be considered relevant for pharmaceutical, medical, and food supplement purposes. More precise knowledge regarding vitamin instabilities will contribute to stabilize future formulations and thus decrease residual lot-to-lot variability.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiotechnologyCell Culture TechniquesCulture MediaDrug StabilityExcipientsHot TemperatureHumansLightOxygenVitaminsCulture MediaExcipientsOxygenVitaminscell culture mediasolubilitystabilitystabilization strategiesvitamins

Identifiers

PMID30793282
PMCPMC6594077
OpenAlexW2915468297

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