Description
A fluorescent cholesterol analog; has been used in a variety of in vitro and in vivo applications, including analysis of steroid uptake and esterification, intracellular localization and targeting, and metabolism in mammalian and bacterial cells, and intestinal absorption of cholesterol in hamsters; ex/em = 472/540 nm, respectively, when incorporated DMPC vesicles; emission maximum is solvent-dependent and increases as solvent polarity increases
Formal name: 20S-methyl-21-[(7-nitro-2,1,3β-benzoxadiazol-4-yl)amino]-pregn-5-en-3-ol
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Molecular weight: 494.6
CAS: 78949-95-8
Purity: ≥90%
Formulation: A solid