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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 20.
Published in final edited form as: Parasitology. 2009 Sep 21;137(3):451–462. doi: 10.1017/S0031182009991211

Table 3.

Composition of modified Basch’s medium Basch’s medium

Basch’s medium (Basch, 1981) Working concentration
Basal Medium Eagle (Invitrogen catalogue no. 21010) to final volume
Lactalbumin hydrolysate 1 g/L
Glucose 1 g/L
Hypoxanthine 0·5 μM
Serotonin 1 μM
Insulin 8 μg/ml
Hydrocortisone 1 μM
Triiodothyronine 0·2 μM
MEM vitamins (Invitrogen cat. 11120-052) 0·5×
Schneider’s medium 5%
Foetal bovine serum 10%
Hepes 10 mM
Antibiotic/antimycotic (Invitrogen cat. 15240-062)