Hydrocyanine Structure (IMAGE)

Georgia Institute of Technology Research News

Hydrocyanine Structure

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A new family of reactive oxygen species (ROS) probes -- called hydrocyanines -- is synthesized by reducing a cyanine dye with sodium borohydride. Reacting with an ROS oxidizes the hydrocyanines into fluorescent cyanine dyes.

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