2,3,5-Triphenyltetrazolium chlorid

CAS Number: 298-96-4
Molecular Weight: 334.80
MDL number: MFCD00011963
EC Index Number: 206-071-6

General description

2,3,5-Triphenyltetrazolium chloride is a colorless water-soluble dye. In the mitochondria of living cells, it is reduced to a deep red, water-insoluble compound (formazan). 2,3,5-Triphenyltetrazolium chloride helps to distinguish between viable and infarcted brain tissue after stroke.[1]

Application

2,3,5-Triphenyltetrazolium chloride has been used to stain heart tissue to measure the extent of acute lesion.[2] It has also been used to stain brain tissue to check the size of infarct area.

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