Lipid Depleted Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) has reduced endogenous lipid, triglyceride, and cholesterol content—achieved via solid-phase matrix degreasing—and contains approximately one-third the lipid levels of standard FBS.
Lipid depleted fetal bovine serum is a naturally derived supplement widely used in cell culture. It provides abundant nutrients essential for cell growth and is commonly employed in the in vitro culture of animal cells, serving critically important functions:
1. Supplies hormones required to sustain exponential cell growth; nutrients absent or present only in trace amounts in basal medium; and key low-molecular-weight nutrients (e.g., amino acids, vitamins, and carbohydrates).
2. Provides binding proteins that recognize and bind vitamins, lipids, metals, and hormones—thereby modulating their bioavailability and activity.
3. In certain cases, serum proteins sequester toxic metals and pyrogens, contributing to detoxification.
4. Supplies adhesion factors enabling cell attachment to and spreading on plastic culture surfaces.
5. Acts as a pH buffer.
6. Contains protease inhibitors that neutralize residual trypsin during subcultivation, thereby protecting cells from enzymatic damage.