Hi scientists: Does anyone know which chemical can be used instead of PTU (N-Phenylthiourea/phenylthiocardamide) to inhibit melanogenesis in insect hemolymphs .
Depends on what is being done-simply diluting hemolymph in a low pH buffer (pH~ 5.0 or anticoagulant buffer) or something like ascorbic acid will inhibit melanization.
Another option is to use Phenylthiourea (PTU, 1 mM) is a good inhibitor of phenoloxidase and is often used in insect plasma to prevent melanization. Example reference is PMCID: PMC3656302
Depends what do you needs, for examplo I need isolate SERPIN and I used antigualant buffer. NaCl (62mM), Glucose (100mM) EDTA (10mM) SOdium citrate (30mM) and Citri acid (26mM) pH 6,5 Reference Vargas-Albores et al 1993