Product Description: BODIPY FL C5 is a green fluorescent fatty acid. BODIPY FL C5 can be used as a precursor for the synthesis of various fluorescent phospholipids. BODIPY FL C5 is relatively insensitive to the environment and fluoresces in both water-soluble and lipid environments[1].
Formula: C16H19BF2N2O2
References: [1] H S Hendrickson, et al. Intramolecularly quenched BODIPY-labeled phospholipid analogs in phospholipase A(2) and platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase assays and in vivo fluorescence imaging. Anal Biochem. 1999 Dec 1;276(1):27-35.