Lab Chemical
DIACETYL FLUORESCEIN
SKU: RXSOL-60-6604-420
Fluorescein diacetate (FDA) is a cell-permeant esterase substrate that can serve as a viability probe that measures both enzymatic activity, which is require to activate its fluorescence, and cell-membrane integrity, which is required for intracellular retention of their fluorescent product.
Application
To prepare a FDA stock solution 5 mg of fluorescein diacetate is dissolved in 1 ml acetone.
2,5 ml cell culture medium is cooled on ice.
50 ml of the FDA stock solution is added and this diluted FDA solution is stored on ice.
Dosage
Fluorescence-based live-dead assays can be used to evaluate the viability of mammalian cells. ... In this Application Note we present a staining protocol using fluorescein diacetate (FDA) and propidium iodide (PI), which stain viable cells and dead cells, respectively.
