Nile Red
Tocris Bioscience, part of Bio-Techne | Catalog # 7387
Fluorogenic lipid membrane dye. Used for: intracellular lipid droplets and neutral lipids staining, suitable for live cell imaging. Application: fluorescence microscopy
Key Product Details
| Description: | Fluorogenic lipid membrane dye. Used for: intracellular lipid droplets and neutral lipids staining, suitable for live cell imaging. Application: fluorescence microscopy |
| Alternative Names: | Nile blue oxazone |
| Chemical Name: | 9-(Diethylamino)-5H-benzo[a]phenoxazin-5-one |
| Purity: | ≥98% (HPLC) |
| Molecular Weight: | 318.38 |
Biological Activity for Nile Red
Key information: Nile red is a fluorogenic lipid membrane dye.
Used for: staining of intracellular lipid droplets and neutral lipids. It is suitable for long-term monitoring of lipid dynamics in living cells.
Application: fluorescence microscopy.
Properties and Photophysical Data: Nile red fluoresces in the hydrophobic environment of lipid membranes. Non-fluorescent in polar environments (e.g. water). Excitation and emission maxima (λ) are 552 nm and 636 nm in methanol, respectively.
Optical Data for Nile Red
| Emission Color | Red |
|---|---|
| λabs | 552 nm |
| λem | 636 nm |
| Application | Fluorescence Microscopy, Monitoring of Lipid Dynamics in Living Cells |
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