What is the function of egg yolk and glycerol in cryopreservation?

Subject: What is the function of egg yolk and glycerol in cryopreservation?

Date: Wed May 16 04:40:20 2001
Posted by Natalie
Grade level: grad (science) School: No school entered.
City: No city entered. State/Province: No state entered. Country: Australia
Area of science: Cell Biology
ID: 990002420.Cb

Message:


Recently I attended a prac session for my university course in which we done a 
project on the cryopreservation of wombat spermatozoa. The diluents we used was 
Tris Citrate, egg yolk and glycerol. I know glycerol is used for intracellular 
protection while egg yolk is used for extracellular. I am wondering what the 
actual function is of these cryoprotectants are??

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