Non-Cytotoxic Dibenzyl and Difluoroborate Curcuminoid Fluorophores Allow Visualization of Nucleus or Cytoplasm in Bioimaging
作者:Marco A. Obregón-Mendoza、Imilla I. Arias-Olguín、M. Mirian Estévez-Carmona、William Meza-Morales、Yair Alvarez-Ricardo、Rubén A. Toscano、Francisco Arenas-Huertero、Julia Cassani、Raúl G. Enríquez
DOI:10.3390/molecules25143205
日期:——
Curcumin, the most important secondary metabolite isolated from Curcuma longa, is known for its numerous purported therapeutic properties and as a natural dye. Herein, based on curcumin’s intrinsic fluorescence, a search for improved curcumin-based fluorophores was conducted. Within the set of semi-synthetic curcumin derivatives i.e. mono (1), di (2), tri (3), tetra (4) benzylated and dibenzyl-fluoroborate