I accidentally bought this thinking it was MTT salt to use in a cell proliferation assay but it is MTT Formazan, the water insoluble end product! Therefore, it is useless for the assay. I suppose you could use it as a control to optimize your buffer for solubilizing the insoluble Formazan. The description for this product is misleading and should clarify that this is not what you need for an MTT assay, and refer the customer to MTT salt. That said, this is a nice purple crystalline powder and insoluble in water consistent with MTT Formazan, if that is what you actually want.
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MTT Formazan
MTT Formazan
MTT reduction end product, powder
Synonym(s):
1-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-3,5-diphenylformazan, Thiazolyl blue formazan
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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C18H17N5S
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
335.43
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352204
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.83
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Product Name
MTT Formazan, MTT reduction end product
Quality Level
form
powder
solubility
chloroform: 10 mg/mL, clear, dark violet
SMILES string
Cc1nc(\N=N\C(=N\Nc2ccccc2)c3ccccc3)sc1C
InChI
1S/C18H17N5S/c1-13-14(2)24-18(19-13)23-22-17(15-9-5-3-6-10-15)21-20-16-11-7-4-8-12-16/h3-12,20H,1-2H3/b21-17+,23-22+
InChI key
GIFKVQOPAJDJLO-SZVLODPRSA-N
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Biochem/physiol Actions
MTT assay is a colorimetric reaction, generally used to examine cell viability. It involves the enzymatic reduction of a yellow-colored, water-soluble, 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazole-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) to purple-colored, water-insoluble, MTT-formazan. This reaction is catalyzed by mitochondrial dehydrogenase and only occurs in viable cells.[4][5] Thus, the amount of blue formazan is proportional to the number of viable cells. The absorbance of the formazan solution is analyzed spectrophotometrically at 570 nm.[6]
Other Notes
Reviews: Tetrazolium salts and formazans[7]
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Storage Class Code
11 - Combustible Solids
WGK
WGK 3
Flash Point(F)
Not applicable
Flash Point(C)
Not applicable
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dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves
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