Direct Blue 1

Direct Blue 1 (Chicago Sky Blue 6B) is a complex dye for background autofluorescence in immunofluorescence histochemistry. Direct Blue 1 is a potent and competitive VGLUT inhibitor. Direct Blue 1 can inhibit the Aβ-binding small molecule PrP ligand. Direct Blue 1 has anti-inflammatory activity[1][2][3][4][5][6].

COC1=CC(C2=CC=C(/N=N/C3=C(O)C4=C(N)C(S(=O)(O[Na])=O)=CC(S(=O)(O[Na])=O)=C4C=C3)C(OC)=C2)=CC=C1/N=N/C5=C(O)C6=C(N)C(S(=O)(O[Na])=O)=CC(S(=O)(O[Na])=O)=C6C=C5

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