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A New Quinone Based Fluorescent Probe for High Sensitive and Selective Detection of Biothiols and Its Application in Living Cell Imaging

Table 1

Comparison of DDQ to other fluorescent probes for biothiols detection.

ProbeλexλemDetection limitResponse timeReference

A360 nm423 nm8.4 × 10−8 M for Cys
8.0 × 10−9 M for GSH
30 min for Cys
15 min for GSH
[17]

B400 nm530 nm5.0 × 10−7 M for Cys50 min for Cys[18]

CyR698 nm735 nm1.50 × 10−7 M for GSHwithin 180 s for GSH[19]

DMDP-M385 nm470 nm1.80 × 10−7 M for Cys10 min for Cys[20]

C438 nm for Cys,
537 nm for GSH
515 nm for Cys
567 nm for GSH
1.1 × 10−7 M for Cys;
5.0 × 10−9 M for GSH
10 min for Cys
120 s for GSH
[21]

D450 nm545 nm3.5 × 10−8 M for Hcy
5.3 × 10−8 M for Cys
5.2 × 10−8 M for GSH
20 s for Hcy,
Cys 5 min for GSH
[22]

DDQ390 nm467 nm for Cys and Hcy;
494 nm for GSH
2.17 × 10−9 M for Hcy
8.55 × 10−8 M for Cys
3.08 × 10−9 M for GSH
33 min for Cys
20 min for Hcy
within 180 s for GSH
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