Thioflavin T

Product Specifications

CAS Number

2390-54-7

Synonyms

ThT, Thioflavine T, Basic Yellow 1

Target

Dyes

Applications

Others

Smiles

CC1=CC2=C (C=C1) [N+] (=C (S2) C3=CC=C (C=C3) N (C) C) C.[Cl-]

Molecular Formula

C17H19ClN2S

Additionnal Information

Thioflavin T (ThT, Thioflavine T, Basic Yellow 1) is a benzothiazole dye that exhibits enhanced fluorescence upon binding to amyloid fibrils and is commonly used to diagnose amyloid fibrils. Thioflavin T is found to exist as micelles at concentrations commonly used to monitor fibrils by fluorescence assay. The micelles of Thioflavin T bind to amyloid fibrils leading to enhancement of fluorescence emission.