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Bromothymol blue
Bromothymol blue (BTB), bromothymol sulfone phthalein, is a sulfonephthalein pH indicator: yellow below pH 6.0, green to 7.6, blue above; pKa 7.5; used as a CO2 indicator and in diagnostics and sensors.
HEPES buffer
HEPES buffer is a zwitterionic Good's buffer, introduced by Norman Good and colleagues in 1966, that holds aqueous biological solutions near physiological pH and is widely used in cell culture.
Phenolphthalein
Phenolphthalein (C20H14O4, CAS 77-09-8) is an acid-base indicator, colorless below pH 8.2 and pink above, synthesized by Baeyer in 1871; formerly a top-selling laxative, withdrawn in 1999 and classified IARC Group 2B.
Phosphate-buffered saline
Phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) is a pH 7.4 salt solution of NaCl, KCl, and phosphate salts used to wash cells and tissue and dilute reagents; standard 1X mix is 137 mM NaCl, 2.7 mM KCl, 10 mM Na2HPO4, 1.8 mM KH2PO4.
Tris
Tris (tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane, THAM, tromethamine) is an organic buffer with pKa about 8.1, used at pH 7-9 in biochemistry, as the drug THAM for acidosis, and as the seawater pH standard.
Universal indicator
Universal indicator is a pH indicator solution of several dyes that shows a distinct color for each pH level across the full range, typically 1 to 14.