Rat betaMSH (beta-Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone) ELISA Kit (RTES01002)

The Assay Genie ELISA kit for rat beta-Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone (beta-MSH) is built around a 96-assay microplate format with an absorbance-based read-out, designed to quantify this peptide in samples collected from rat studies.

Beta-MSH is a 22-amino acid peptide processed from the proopiomelanocortin (POMC) precursor and signals through melanocortin receptors to influence pigmentation, appetite regulation, energy balance, and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity.

The assay supports laboratory research in rodent models of metabolic disease, feeding behavior, and neuroendocrine signaling, where circulating beta-MSH levels serve as a marker of POMC pathway activity.

Components are supplied in vials along with a pre-coated microplate and all buffers required to generate a standard curve, and the protocol is intended for research use only.

Reagents should be refrigerated upon arrival and the standard should be aliquoted to limit freeze-thaw cycles once reconstituted.