| Description | Ninhydrin is a chromogenic analytical probe for the quantification of proteins and amino acids. |
| In vitro | Ninhydrin 用于蛋白质的氨基酸分析。除了脯氨酸外，大多数氨基酸可以被水解并与 Ninhydrin 反应。Ninhydrin 能与一级和二级胺反应，生成蓝色或紫色的反应产物：二酮水合茚满-二酮水合茚满胺。 |
| Target activity | Chromogenic analytical probe: |
| molecular weight | 178.14 |
| Molecular formula | C9H6O4 |
| CAS | 485-47-2 |
| Storage | Powder: -20°C for 3 years | In solvent: -80°C for 1 year | Shipping with blue ice. |
| Solubility | H2O: 20 mg/mL (112.27 mM, Sonication and heating to 60℃ are recommended. |
| References | 1. Omar MA, et al. Utility of ninhydrin reagent for spectrofluorimetric determination of heptaminol in human plasma.Luminescence. 2018 Sep;33(6):1107-1112. 2. Anantharaman S, et al. Ninhydrin-sodium molybdate chromogenic analytical probe for the assay of amino acids and proteins.rSpectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc. 2017 Feb 15;173:897-903. |