Table 1.
Components, final concentrations, current cost per gram, cost per milliliter of SkitoSnack, company and product number of chemicals, and CAS number of all the items in our SkitoSnack recipe.
| Components of SkitoSnack | Final Concentration | Final Concentration (g/mL) | Current cost per g ($) | Cost per mL of SkitoSnack ($) | Company-Product# | CAS # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bovine serum albumin | 200 mg/ml | 0.2 | 0.892 | 0.178400 | Reseach Products Intl.-A30075 | 9048–46–8 |
| Bovine hemoglobin | 5 mg/ml | 0.005 | 0.525 | 0.002625 | Sigma Aldrich-H3760 | 9008-02-0 |
| Chicken yolk | 5 mg/ml | 0.005 | 0.478 | 0.002390 | Sigma Aldrich-E0625 | N/A |
| Glucose | 50.0 mM | 0.009008 | 0.019 | 0.000169 | Sigma Aldrich-G7021 | 50-99-7 |
| Adenosine triphosphate | 3.0 mM | 0.0016534 | 19.040 | 0.031481 | Sigma Aldrich-A2383 | 34369-07-8 |
| Sodium chloride | 150.0 mM | 0.008766 | 0.041 | 0.000359 | Sigma Aldrich-S7653 | 7647-14-5 |
| Sodium bicarbonate | 23.0 mM | 0.0019322 | 0.106 | 0.000205 | Sigma Aldrich-S6297 | 144-55-8 |
| Potassium chloride | 4.0 mM | 0.0002982 | 0.162 | 0.000048 | Sigma Aldrich-P9333 | 7447-40-7 |
| Calcium chloride | 2.5 mM | 0.0002774 | 0.104 | 0.000029 | Sigma Aldrich-C1016 | 10043-52-4 |
| Magnesium chloride | 0.8 mM | 0.0000761 | 0.053 | 0.000004 | Sigma Aldrich-M8266 | 7786-30-3 |
| TOTAL | 1x | 0.232 | 0.22 |