Fluoresceins
"Fluoresceins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family of spiro(isobenzofuran-1(3H),9'-(9H)xanthen)-3-one derivatives. These are used as dyes, as indicators for various metals, and as fluorescent labels in immunoassays.
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D005452
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.426.779.347 D03.494.953.275 D04.711.347
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fluoresceins" by people in Profiles.
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Riley RJ, Spielberg SP, Leeder JS. A comparative study of the toxicity of chemically reactive xenobiotics towards adherent cell cultures: selective attenuation of menadione toxicity by buthionine sulphoximine pretreatment. J Pharm Pharmacol. 1993 Apr; 45(4):263-7.
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Leeder JS, Dosch HM, Spielberg SP. Cellular toxicity of sulfamethoxazole reactive metabolites--I. Inhibition of intracellular esterase activity prior to cell death. Biochem Pharmacol. 1991 Feb 15; 41(4):567-74.
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Patel L, Abate C, Curran T. Altered protein conformation on DNA binding by Fos and Jun. Nature. 1990 Oct 11; 347(6293):572-5.