3,3''-Diethyloxacarbocyanine Iodide is a fluorescent probe for measuring membrane potential. It has been used to analyze bacterial viability by flow cytometry using fluorescence emission ratio detection.
DiOC may be used as a conjugate for labelling cells for cytofluorometry studies . It may also be used in the imaging of carbon nanotubes(CNTs) using fluorescence microscopy. Staining of spermatozoa can potentially be done by DiOC which can be used in flow cytometric measurement and viability assay.
ChEBI: C3-oxacyanine is a C3 cyanine dye having 3-ethyl-1,3-benzoxazol-2(3H)-yl units at each end. It has a role as a fluorochrome. It is an organic iodide salt, a cyanine dye and a member of 1,3-benzoxazoles. It contains a C3-oxacyanine cation.
3,3′-Diethyloxacarbocyanine iodide(DiOC) is a cyanine based dye which is used in the photosensitization of mitochondria and endoplastic recticulum in animals and plant cells.
