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Thioflavin T

Powder

Synonym(s):

Basic Yellow 1, Thioflavine T

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C17H19ClN2S
CAS Number:
2390-54-7
Molecular Weight:
318.86
UNSPSC Code:
12171500
NACRES:
NA.47
PubChem Substance ID:
24900146
EC Number:
219-228-9
MDL number:
MFCD00011944
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3922452
Colour Index Number:
49005
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Product Name

Thioflavin T, used as stain for amyloid

Quality Level

200

form

powder

composition

Dye content, ≥65%

solubility

methanol: 1 mg/mL

application(s)

diagnostic assay manufacturing
hematology
histology

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

[Cl-].CN(C)c1ccc(cc1)-c2sc3cc(C)ccc3[n+]2C

InChI

1S/C17H19N2S.ClH/c1-12-5-10-15-16(11-12)20-17(19(15)4)13-6-8-14(9-7-13)18(2)3;/h5-11H,1-4H3;1H/q+1;/p-1

InChI key

JADVWWSKYZXRGX-UHFFFAOYSA-M

General description

Thioflavin T is a benzothiazole dye that increases in fluorescence upon binding to amyloid. Thioflavin T has been used in histology and for protein characterization.

Application

Thioflavin T has been used to identify the presence of amyloid fibrils in samples.

Other Notes

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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088K1665
057K1323
067K1310
027K2099
076K1308

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G A Cornwall et al.
Andrology, 7(5), 603-609 (2019-01-22)
We previously demonstrated the normal mouse epididymal lumen contains a non-pathological amyloid matrix that surrounds spermatozoa and plays important roles in sperm maturation and protection. The objective herein was to present a review of this work, including studies showing the
Tracking Aggregation and Fibrillation of Globular Proteins Using Terahertz and Far-Infrared Spectroscopies
Gretel Png
Taiwan yi Xue Hui za Zhi. Journal of the Formosan Medical Association (2016)
Matthew Biancalana et al.
Biochimica et biophysica acta, 1804(7), 1405-1412 (2010-04-20)
Intense efforts to detect, diagnose, and analyze the kinetic and structural properties of amyloid fibrils have generated a powerful toolkit of amyloid-specific molecular probes. Since its first description in 1959, the fluorescent dye Thioflavin-T (ThT) has become among the most
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