lucigenin
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Lucigenin is an aromatic compound used in areas which include chemiluminescence. Its chemical name is bis-N-methylacridinium nitrate. It exhibits a bluish-green fluorescence.
Research
1,888 papers- Dithiothreitol-Lucigenin Chemiluminescent System for Ultrasensitive Dithiothreitol and Superoxide Dismutase Detection.Analytical chemistry · 2022
- Luminol and lucigenin as detectors for O2.-.Free radical biology & medicine · 1993
- Lucigenin-pyrogallol chemiluminescence for the multiple detection of pyrogallol, cobalt ion, and tyrosinase.Journal of food and drug analysis · 2021
- Lucigenin-derived chemiluminescence in intact isolated mitochondria.Biochemistry. Biokhimiia · 2002
- Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate assay based on lucigenin chemiluminescence.Mikrochimica acta · 2018
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Lucigenin is an aromatic compound used in areas which include chemiluminescence. Its chemical name is bis-N-methylacridinium nitrate. It exhibits a bluish-green fluorescence.
It is used as a probe for superoxide anion in biology, for its chemiluminescent properties.
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