About Fluorescein

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Fluorescein is an organic fluorophore first synthesized by Aldolf Bayer in 1871. FITC, an amine-reactive derivative, is also a commonly used name for this dye. It has an excitation peak at 494 nm and an emission peak at 512 nm.

Alternative Dyes to Fluorescein

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SureLight 488 NL 493 Oyster 488 PromoFluor 488P KIRAVIA Blue 520 CF488A STAR 488 VRDye 490 Fluorescein Chromeo 505 MaxLight 490 Chromeo 488 FITC Rhodamine 110 Oregon Green 488 CoraLite Plus 488 ATTO 488

Dyes similar to Fluorescein based on emission

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5-CFDA 5-FAM AccuClear Aldefluor Alexa Fluor 488 ATTO 465 Brilliant Blue 515 BDY FL SE BDY FL-X SE BODIPY 500/510 BODIPY FL Brilliant Violet 510 Calcein AM Calcein Calcein Green Carboxyfluorescein CellBrite Fix 488 CellBrite Green CellROX Green CellTrace CFSE CellTracker Violet CF440 CF488A CF500 CFSE Chromeo 488 CoraLite Plus 488 FITC Plus CPN510 Green Cy2 CytoTrace Green CMFDA DiO DY-380XL DyLight 488 eFluor 506 eFluor 506 Fix Viability eFluor 514 Calcium Sensor EFLUXX-ID Green eGFP Emerald GFP ExoBrite 490/515 EV Membrane Stain FDG Flash Phalloidin Green 488 Fluo-4 AM Fluo-4 FLUOFORTE Fura-2 (Ca2+bound) Fura-2 (Ca2+free) FVS510 FVS520 GFP Ghost Dye Blue 516 Ghost Dye Violet 510 iFluor 488 Kaede (green) KikGR1 (green) KIRAVIA Blue 520 Live/Dead Fix Lime Live-or-Dye 488/515 LysoBrite Green LysoTracker Green MagDot 525 Mag-Fluo-4 Mag-Fura-2 MaxLight 490 mAzamiGreen MemBrite Fix 488/515 MemBrite Fix 488/515 MitoLite Green FM MitoTracker Green MultiDot 525 Neuro DiO NeuroVue Jade NL 493 NovaFluor Blue 510 Nuclear Yellow NucSpot Live 488 Oregon Green 488 BAPTA Oxazole Yellow Oxazole Yellow Homodimer Oyster 488 PhenoVue 493 Lipid Stain PhenoVue 503 Lysosomal Stain PhenoVue Cal-520 AM Bright, Calcium Indicator PhenoVue Cal-520 AM, Calcium Indicator PhenoVue Fluor 488 PhenoVue Fura-2 AM, Calcium Indicator PhenoVue ROS-490, Total Oxidative Stress Indicator PromoFluor 488P ReadiLink 405-508 ReadiLink 492-516 Rhodamine 110 Seta-385-NHS Spark Blue 515 Spectrum Green STAR 440L STAR 440SXP StarBright Blue 520 StarBright UltraViolet 510 StarBright Violet 515 STAR GREEN SureLight 488 SYBR Green TFAX 488 SE TFAX 488 TFP T-Sapphire TSA Vivid 520 Viafluor CFSE Vio 515 Viobility 405/520 Fixable Dye Viobility 488/520 Fixable Dye Vio Bright 515 Vio Green VivaFix 408/512 VivaFix 498/521 VRDye 490 YO-PRO-1 YOYO-1 Zombie Aqua Zombie Green ZsGreen CoraLite 488 NucSpot 500/515 cFluor B515 Aluora 488 ABflo 488 Mpro Tracer BactoSpore 485/500 Membrane Stain CytoLiner 492/510 RayBright Blue 488 BDY Lenalidomide AbBy Fluor 488 BDY FL Staurosporine Endoplasmic Reticulum Probe Green Tricyclic cytosine tC XFD488 Helix NP Green Lysosome Probe Green