Which salt of paraquat is commonly used for drosophila mitochondrial studies?

27 October 2021 1 4K Report

Hi all,

I am trying to find which salt of paraquat is used in drosophila studies where it is given by mixing in food. objective is to stress the mitochondria for an experiment. It will be of great help if someone can tell me which salt and a catalogue number from a specific company which is widely used.

Máté Nászai

I have only really seen the dichloride salt in both Drosophila and mouse experiements and this also tends to be the cheapest formulation. You'll find a lot of labs order their compounds from Sigma-Aldrich. You can find paraquat here: https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/GB/en/product/sial/36541?context=product

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