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Use of Fluorescence Probes for Detection of Reactive Nitrogen Species: A Review

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The biological and toxicological effects that have been attributed to reactive nitrogen species (RNS) are increasingly stirring the scientific inquisitiveness about the molecular mechanisms involved. However, RNS present some characteristics that complicate their detection, namely their short lifetime and the normal presence of a variety of endogenous compounds capable of reacting with these reactive species, when the studies are performed in biological matrices. The development of methodologies capable of circumvent these difficulties is thus of fundamental importance. Fluorescence probes are particularly important due to their high sensibility and usefulness in temporal and spatial monitoring of RNS, particularly in microanalysis conditions in biological media akin to cells or tissues. In the present review is given an account of the fluorescence probes that have been used for detection of nitric oxide (⋅NO), peroxynitrite anion (ONOO−), as well as of some of its derivatives in biological and nonbiological media.

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The authors greatly acknowledge FCT and FEDER financial support for the project POCTI/QUI/59284/2004.

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Gomes, A., Fernandes, E. & Lima, J.L.F.C. Use of Fluorescence Probes for Detection of Reactive Nitrogen Species: A Review. J Fluoresc 16, 119–139 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-005-0030-3

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