Medium for culturing animal cells

摘要

PCT No. PCT/JP95/00113 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 15, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 15, 1996 PCT Filed Jan. 30, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO95/22599 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 24, 1995A method is disclosed for culturing animal cells in a medium characterized in that said medium contains a compound represented by the general formula (I) wherein, R denotes COOM or CHO, herein M denotes hydrogen, an alkali metal or a C1 to C3 alkyl group, and n is an integer of 1 to 3. According to the present method, proliferation of animal cells can be enhanced with good reproducibility.