Catalogue Number: S6821-SEL
Manufacturer: | Selleck Chemicals |
Molecular Formula: | C18H16BrN5S |
Type: | Biochemicals |
Alias: | MTT, Tetrazolium bromide, Methylthiazolyldiphenyl-tetrazolium bromide, Methylthialazole Tetrazolium |
Shipping Condition: | Blue Ice |
Unit(s): | 100 mg, 1 g |
Thiazolyl Blue (MTT, Tetrazolium bromide, Methylthiazolyldiphenyl-tetrazolium bromide, Methylthialazole Tetrazolium) is a cell-permeable and positively charged colorimetric agent that is widely used to detect reductive metabolism in cells and to measure cell proliferation, cytotoxicity, and apoptosis. Thiazolyl Blue (MTT) is reduced from yellow color to purple formazan in living cells.
CC1=C(SC(=N1)[N+]2=NC(=NN2C3=CC=CC=C3)C4=CC=CC=C4)C.[Br-]