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T8877

2,3,5-Triphenyltetrazolium chloride

≥98.0% (HPLC)

Synonym(s):

TPTZ, TTZ, Tetrazolium Red

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C19H15ClN4
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
334.80
UNSPSC Code:
12171500
NACRES:
NA.47
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
206-071-6
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3923356
MDL number:
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Quality Level

assay

≥98.0% (HPLC)

form

powder

color

faintly yellow

solubility

H2O: 50 mg/mL

application(s)

diagnostic assay manufacturing
hematology
histology

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

[Cl-].c1ccc(cc1)-c2nn(-c3ccccc3)[n+](n2)-c4ccccc4

InChI

1S/C19H15N4.ClH/c1-4-10-16(11-5-1)19-20-22(17-12-6-2-7-13-17)23(21-19)18-14-8-3-9-15-18;/h1-15H;1H/q+1;/p-1

InChI key

PKDBCJSWQUOKDO-UHFFFAOYSA-M

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.

Application

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


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Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Sol. 1 - Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class

4.1B - Flammable solid hazardous materials

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves



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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 85, 300-300 (2008)
Human umbilical mesenchymal stem cells promote recovery after ischemic stroke.
Lin YC et al.
Stroke, 42, 2045-2045 (2011)
Chesarahmia Dojo Soeandy et al.
Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death, 24(7-8), 578-595 (2019-05-11)
Over the past 30 years a number of animal models of cerebral ischemic injury have been developed. Middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) in particular reproduces both ischemic and reperfusion elements and is widely utilized as a model of ischemic stroke in



Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
T8877-100G04061835349272
T8877-25G04061835349296
T8877-10G04061835349289
T8877-50G04061835349302
T8877-5G04061835349319