Shelf life (days): 1460.0
Formulation: A crystalline solid
Formal Name: 2’-(4-ethoxyphenyl)-5-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-2,5’-bi-1H-benzimidazole, trihydrochloride
Purity: ≥98%
Formula Markup: C27H28N6O / 3HCl
Formula Weight: 561.9
CAS Number: 875756-97-1
Notes: Hoechst 33342 is a cell-permeable, benzimidazole dye that stains DNA by binding to the minor groove of adenine and thymine-rich sequences.{22804} It emits blue fluorescence (excitation 350 nm/emission maximum 461 nm) when bound to double stranded DNA and is useful as a marker of nuclei for cell cycle studies and to distinguish nuclear morphology in apoptotic cells.{22204,256047,25603}