Product Description: BODIPY-cholesterol is an intrinsically lipophilic, and cell-permeable analog of cholesterol with a fluorescent BODIPY group. BODIPY-cholesterol can be used to monitor sterol uptake and inter-organelle sterol flux in cells. (Excitation/Emission: 505/515 nm)[1].
Formula: C36H51BF2N2O
References: [1]Daniel Wüstner, et al.Potential of BODIPY-cholesterol for analysis of cholesterol transport and diffusion in living cells. Chem Phys Lipids. 2016 Jan;194:12-28./[2]Maarit Hölttä-Vuori, et al. BODIPY-cholesterol: a new tool to visualize sterol trafficking in living cells and organiss. Traffic. 2008 Nov;9(11):1839-49.