L-6868;LUCIGENIN;NSC-151912;Lucigenine;Lucigenin(L-6868;Lucigenin Nitrate;Lucigenin, HPLC 99%;LUCIGENIN USP/EP/BP;Lucigenin, 10 mM in DMSO;9,9'-Bi(10-methylacridinium)
Lucigenine, is used as chemiluminescence. It exhibits a bluish-green fluorescence. Dyes and metabolites.
Mechanism of action
In the case of lucigenin it is first reduced to a cation radical. Then it reacts in its univalently reduced form with ROS to produce dioxetane, which breaks down to generate photons. These probes cannot measure the individual free radicals but measure global ROS levels in the sample. Luminescence signals are expressed in relative light units (RLU), a direct measure of free radicals produced.