4-Methylumbelliferylcaprylate
Octanoicacid4-methylumbelliferylester
4-MU-caprylate
MOLECULARBIOLOGYGRADE
C18H22O4
MW:302.37g/mol
Whitetooff-whitecrystallinepowder
FluorogenicsubstrateforesterasewithC8activity,yieldingabluefluorescentsolutionuponcleavage.UsedfortheidentificationofSalmonellaspp.basedonthedetectionofcaprylateesterase.
Storage/Handling:Storeat-15°C,andprotectfromlightandhumidity.
Literature:
1.U.Bottiroli,F.Carozzi,MethodfortheimmediateidentificationofSalmonellacultures.EuropeanPatent326635B1(1992).
2.P.M.Aguirre,etal.,RapidfluorescencemethodforscreeningSalmonellaspp.fromentericdifferentialagars.J.Clin.Microbiol.1990,28,148.