Precipitation Issue with Rotenone?

29 July 2021 0 4K Report

Has anybody had any issues with Rotenone precipitating out in cell culture medium. I see brown precipitates forming in cell culture media after 1-2days in culture at doses above 30uM. If so, what can be done to avoid this?

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