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Which organic solvent should I choose to make a cortisol stock...

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Declan Hiam  Follow

Hi thank Ejaj K Pathan. I was wondering can I prepare it in methanol? I've read some papers and found most of them using methanol to prepare cortisol stock.

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David Miller  Follow

Ivy Li The solubility of hydrocortisone in methanol is around 6.2 mg/mL, much less than its solubility in DMSO (20 mg/mL), ethanol (15 mg/mL) and in DMF (30 mg/mL).
If you stock solution of 5mg/mL or less works for you, methanol can be used.

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Davis Sedick  Follow

Thanks for the reply Ejaj K Pathan . I don't need very high concentration and so methanol is fine. I'd like to know will or how these different solvents affect ELISA assay? Thank you.

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Blessing Emmanuella  Follow

The 10mg/mL stock can be prepared in 4% DMSO solution. This concentration of DMSO did not show any effect during the assay.

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