| Medium composition | Concentration | Catalogue no. | Company |
| Preadipocyte Growth medium | C-27410 (ready to use) | ||
| Foetal Calf Serum | 0.05 ml/ml | PromoCell | |
| Endothelial Cell Growth supplement | 0.004 ml/ml | PromoCell | |
| Epidermal Growth Factor (recombinant human) | 10 ng/ml | PromoCell | |
| Penicillin | 100 U/ml | Sigma | |
| Streptomycin | 100 μg/ml | Sigma | |
| Glutamine | 292 μg/ml | Sigma | |
| D-Biotin | 8.0 μg/ml | PromoCell | |
| Insulin (recombinant human) | 0.5 μg/ml | PromoCell | |
| Dexamethasone | 400 ng/ml | PromoCell | |
| IBMX | 44 μg/ml | PromoCell | |
| L-Thyroxine | 9 ng/ml | PromoCell | |
| Ciglitazone | 3 μg/ml | PromoCell | |
| Penicillin | 100 U/ml | Sigma | |
| Streptomycin | 100 μg/ml | Sigma | |
| Glutamine | 292 μg/ml | Sigma | |
| Preadipocyte differentiation medium | C-27436 (ready to use) | ||
| D-Biotin | 8.0 μg/ml | PromoCell | |
| Insulin (recombinant human) | 0.5 μg/ml | PromoCell | |
| Dexamethasone | 400 ng/ml | PromoCell | |
| IBMX | 44 μg/ml | PromoCell | |
| L-Thyroxine | 9 ng/ml | PromoCell | |
| Ciglitazone | 3 μg/ml | PromoCell | |
| Penicillin | 100 U/ml | Sigma | |
| Streptomycin | 100 μg/ml | Sigma | |
| Glutamine | 292 μg/ml | Sigma | |
| Adipocyte nutrition medium | C-27438 (ready to use) | ||
| D-Biotin | 8.0 μg/ml | PromoCell | |
| Insulin (recombinant human) | 0.5 μg/ml | PromoCell | |
| Dexamethasone | 400 ng/ml | PromoCell | |
| Penicillin | 100 U/ml | Sigma | |
| Streptomycin | 100 μg/ml | Sigma | |
| Glutamine | 292 μg/ml | Sigma | |
| Note: PromoCell, Heidelberg, Germany; Sigma-Aldrich Company Ltd, Dorset, UK |