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Fluorescein dicaprylate [Fluorescein dioctanoate]
Fluorescein dicaprylate is a non-fluorescent hydrophobic fluorescein derivative that can pass through the cell membrane whereupon intracellular esterases hydrolyze the dicaprylate group producing the highly fluorescent product fluorescein. The fluorescein molecules accumulate in cells that possess intact membranes so the green fluorescence can be used as a marker of cell viability. Cells that do not possess an intact cell membrane or an active metabolism may not accumulate the fluorescent product and therefore do not exhibit green fluorescence. Fluorescein dicaprylate may be used in combination with PI staining as the non-viable cells take up the PI and stain dead cells red whereas viable cells do not take up the PI and should only stain green. Fluorescein dicaprylate may stain Salmonella in green fluorescence. It is a fluorogenic substrate for C8 esterase that generates green fluorescence upon esterase cleavage.
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Common stock solution preparation
Table 1. Volume of DMSO needed to reconstitute specific mass of Fluorescein dicaprylate [Fluorescein dioctanoate] to given concentration. Note that volume is only for preparing stock solution. Refer to sample experimental protocol for appropriate experimental/physiological buffers.
| 0.1 mg | 0.5 mg | 1 mg | 5 mg | 10 mg | |
| 1 mM | 171.028 µL | 855.139 µL | 1.71 mL | 8.551 mL | 17.103 mL |
| 5 mM | 34.206 µL | 171.028 µL | 342.056 µL | 1.71 mL | 3.421 mL |
| 10 mM | 17.103 µL | 85.514 µL | 171.028 µL | 855.139 µL | 1.71 mL |
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Product family
| Name | Excitation (nm) | Emission (nm) | Extinction coefficient (cm -1 M -1) | Quantum yield | Correction Factor (260 nm) | Correction Factor (280 nm) |
| Fluorescein biotin | 498 | 517 | 800001 | 0.79001, 0.952 | 0.32 | 0.35 |
| Fluorescein DHPE | 498 | 517 | 800001 | 0.79001, 0.952 | 0.32 | 0.35 |
| Fluorescein aldehyde [5-FAM aldehyde] | 493 | 517 | 83000 | - | 0.32 | 0.178 |
| Fluorescein Tyramide | 498 | 517 | 800001 | 0.79001, 0.952 | 0.32 | 0.35 |
Citations
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Fluid and cell behaviors along a 3D printed alginate/gelatin/fibrin channel
Authors: Xu, Yufan and Wang, Xiaohong
Journal: Biotechnology and bioengineering (2015): 1683--1695
Authors: Xu, Yufan and Wang, Xiaohong
Journal: Biotechnology and bioengineering (2015): 1683--1695
Overexpression of the CaTIP1-1 pepper gene in tobacco enhances resistance to osmotic stresses
Authors: Yin, Yan-Xu and Wang, Shu-Bin and Xiao, Huai-Juan and Zhang, Huai-Xia and Zhang, Zhen and Jing, Hua and Zhang, Ying-Li and Chen, Ru-Gang and Gong, Zhen-Hui
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Journal: International journal of molecular sciences (2014): 20101--20116
Identification of VAR2CSA domain-specific inhibitory antibodies of the Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 using a novel flow cytometry assay
Authors: Obiakor, Harold and Avril, Marion and MacDonald, Nicholas J and Srinivasan, Prakash and Reiter, Karine and Anderson, Charles and Holmes, Kevin L and Fried, Michal and Duffy, Patrick E and Smith, Joseph D and others, undefined
Journal: Clinical and Vaccine Immunology (2013): 433--442
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Aging enhances maceration-induced ultrastructural alteration of the epidermis and impairment of skin barrier function
Authors: Minematsu, Takeo and Yamamoto, Yuko and Nagase, Takashi and Naito, Ayumi and Takehara, Kimie and Iizaka, Shinji and Komagata, Kazunori and Huang, Lijuan and Nakagami, Gojiro and Akase, Tomoko and others, undefined
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Authors: Minematsu, Takeo and Yamamoto, Yuko and Nagase, Takashi and Naito, Ayumi and Takehara, Kimie and Iizaka, Shinji and Komagata, Kazunori and Huang, Lijuan and Nakagami, Gojiro and Akase, Tomoko and others, undefined
Journal: Journal of dermatological science (2011): 160--168
References
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Novel method for cell debris removal in the flow cytometric cell cycle analysis using carboxy-fluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester
Authors: Terho P, Lassila O.
Journal: Cytometry A (2006): 552
Authors: Terho P, Lassila O.
Journal: Cytometry A (2006): 552
Modification of the fluorescein diacetate assay for screening of antifungal agents against Candida albicans: comparison with the NCCLS methods
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Journal: J Microbiol Methods (2006): 234
Authors: Brouwer N, Kohen J, Jamie J, Vemulpad S.
Journal: J Microbiol Methods (2006): 234
Optimisation of the fluorescein diacetate antibacterial assay
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Journal: Anal Chem (2004): 5282
Effect of immunosuppressants on T-cell subsets observed in vivo using carboxy-fluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester labeling
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