MTS Cell Viability Assay (TBS2004)

Description

TribioScience’s MTS Cell Viability Assay Kit is a colorimetric method for sensitive quantification of viable cells in proliferation and cytotoxicity assay. This method is based on the reduction of MTS tetrazolium compound by viable cells to generate a colored formazan product that is soluble in cell culture media. The formazan dye produced by viable cells can be quantified by measuring the absorbance at 490-500 nm. The assay can be used for the measurement of cell proliferation in response to growth factors, cytokines, mitogens, and nutrients, etc. It can also be used for the analysis of cytotoxic compounds like anticancer drugs and many other toxic agents and pharmaceutical compounds.

TribioScience’s MTS assay is performed by adding the reagent directly into the cell culture media without the intermittent steps, which are required in the routine MTT assay. In addition, this high-throughput assay requires no washing or solubilization step and can be performed in 96-well microtiter plate.

Applications

• Cell proliferation: effects of cytokines, growth factor, and nutrients.
• Cytotoxicity and Apoptosis: evaluation of toxic compounds, anti-cancer antibodies, toxins, environmental pollutants etc.
• Drug discovery: high-throughput screen for toxic and anticancer drugs.

Key Features

• Flexible: Convenient and high throughput.
• Accurate: As low as 950 cells can be accurately quantified.
• Simple and Safe: Single homogenous solution, non-radioactive assay.
• Time-saving: Just “Add-incubate-measure” manner. No wash and reagent transfer steps are involved.

Kit Components and Storage:

Related Products:

1. Resazurin Cell Viability Kit (TBS2001)
2. LDH Cytotoxicity Assay (TBS2002)
3. MTT Cell Viability Assay (TBS2003)
4. ATP Colorimetric/Fluorometric Assay Kit (TBS2010)
5. ADP Colorimetric/Fluorometric Assay Kit 

Research use only.

Additional information

Data Sheet:

TBS2004_MTS_data sheet_V02-2025

MSDS:

TBS2004-MTS_MSDS_2021

Research use only.