Lucifer yellow
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Dilithium 6-amino-2-(hydrazinecarbonyl)-1,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-benzo[de]isoquinoline-5,8-disulfonate | |
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C13H10Li2N4O9S2 | |
Molar mass | 444.24 g·mol−1 |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Lucifer yellow is a fluorescent dye used in cell biology.[1] The key property of Lucifer yellow is that it can be readily visualized in both living and fixed cells using a fluorescence microscope. Lucifer yellow was invented by Walter W. Stewart at the National Institutes of Health and patented in 1978.[2]
Preparations
For common usage it is compounded with
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can be used when lithium is undesirable, but the resulting salts are less soluble in water.Lucifer yellow can also be compounded as a vinyl sulfone, with ethylenediamine, or with cadaverine. [clarification needed]
References
- PMID 21740513.
- ^ Patent description
- ^ "Lucifer Yellow CH, Lithium Salt". Molecular Probes. Retrieved 17 March 2014.