A CN- specific turn-on phosphorescent probe with probable application for enzymatic assay and as an imaging reagent

Upendar Reddy G; Priyadip Das; Sukdeb Saha; Mithu Baidya; Sudip K Ghosh; Amitava Das

doi:10.1039/c2cc37243f

A CN- specific turn-on phosphorescent probe with probable application for enzymatic assay and as an imaging reagent

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Jan 11;49(3):255-7. doi: 10.1039/c2cc37243f. Epub 2012 Nov 21.

Authors

Upendar Reddy G¹, Priyadip Das, Sukdeb Saha, Mithu Baidya, Sudip K Ghosh, Amitava Das

Affiliation

¹ CSIR-Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar 364002, Gujarat, India.

PMID: 23172271
DOI: 10.1039/c2cc37243f

Abstract

A new "turn-on" luminescence probe for imaging the uptake of 0.2 ppm inorganic CN(-) in live HeLa cells as well as for probing the CN(-) generation through an enzymatic process in a virtual aqueous medium at appropriate pH.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Copper / chemistry
Cyanides / chemistry*
Enzyme Assays
Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry*
HeLa Cells
Humans
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Microscopy, Confocal
Water / chemistry

Substances

Cyanides
Fluorescent Dyes
Water
Copper