It is a widely accepted and standard preservative for this application
Serum glucose (GLU), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), total protein (TP), albumin (ALB), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine (CREA), cholesterol (CHO), and triglycerides (TG) were measured using commercial kits according to biochemistry autoanalyzer (Rayto Life and Analytical Sciences Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China)
doi: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2003.08.007
Integration of metabolomics and transcriptomics to reveal metabolic characteristics and key targets associated with cisplatin resistance in non-small cell lung cancer
J Appl Physiol 106:98895
Similarly to previous benefits, these werent studied thoroughly enough, so we still need more scientific evidence to support them