1, 6-Dipheny-1, 3, 5-hexatriene

1,6-Diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (DPH, excitation/emission=350 nm/420 nm) is almost non-fluorescent in water, but it exhibits a strong increase in fluorescence after intercalation into membranes and can be used as a probe for viscosity, polarity and lipid order. DPH has been used for the high-content imaging of neutral lipid droplets¹ as well as a reporter of inner spore membrane fluidity in bacterial spores². 

 
• Yellow solid soluble in DMF and DMSO
 
• Store at -20 °C and protect from light
 
• C₁₈H₁₆
 
• MWt: 232.32
 
• [1720-32-7]
 

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