Fluorescein disodium salt
Fluorescein disodium salt
Fluorescein disodium salt
Fluorescein disodium salt
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Fluorescein disodium salt

Fluorescein disodium salt (uranin, fluorescite, acid yellow 73, CAS # 518-45-6) is the salt of the xanthene dye commonly used for fluorescent tracing. | CAS: 518-47-8 | C20H10Na2O5 | 376.28 g/mol
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Chemical Name or MaterialFluorescein disodium salt
CAS518-47-8
ColorBrown-Red
Recommended StorageAmbient temperatures
RTECS NumberLM5425000
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Fluorescein disodium salt is used as fluorescent tracer, has been utilized in studies as a drug model, as a penetrating dye . Water soluble fluorescent dye used in permeability and vascular perfusion studies due to its small molecular radius.1 Sodium fluorescein is used as a fluorescent tracer to study blood-brain barrier (BBB) and blood-spinal cord barrier (BSCB) permeability in rodent models. The dye was used as a probe substrate in the study of organic anion transporting polypeptide (OATP) mediated drug transport in hepatocytes.5 Sodium fluorescein was also used to monitor in situ solute transportation into bone through fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP). Additional reported uses include microscopy, as a gain medium in dye laser use and to detect latent blood stains in vitro. Common derivatives of Fluorescein include fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC), eosin and Rose Bengal (sc-296278) and Rose Bengal sodium salt

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General Description

• Fluorescein disodium salt is a yellow-green phthalate indicator dye that is pH-sensitive

• It has a maximum absorbance of 494nm and maximum emission of 521nm

Application

• Fluorescein disodium salt can be used as a fluorescent protein labeler

• Fluorescein is also useful for the staining of cells and organelles

RUO – Research Use Only

General References:

  1. Qin X, Yuan C, Chen Y, Wang Y. A fluorescein-gold nanoparticles probe based on inner filter effect and aggregation for sensing of biothiols. J Photochem Photobiol B. 2020 Sep;210:111986. doi: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2020.111986. Epub 2020 Jul 31. PMID: 32771912.
  2. Huang L, Wei D, Wu Z, Hou Y, Xie Y, Liu Z, Wang C, Che D, Lei Y, He H. 5-hydroxymethylfurfural- and fluorescein-fused fluorescence probe of mast cells (RBL-2H3): Synthesis, photophysical properties, and bioimaging. Chem Biol Drug Des. 2018 Dec;92(6):1963-1971. doi: 10.1111/cbdd.13367. Epub 2018 Aug 26. PMID: 30022592.