Verbesserte Methoden um Säugetierzellen in vitro zu züchten

摘要

The invention relates to a method for reduction of glucose consumption and/or lactate production during cultivation of animal cells, characterized in that cultivation is performed in the presence of a bi- or tricarbonic acid or a salt thereof at a concentration of about 1 to 50 mmol/l, whereby in the case where said di- or tricarbonic acid is citric acid or citrate this amount of said citric acid or citrate is not bound in chelate complex with iron or another transition metal ion.