MP Biomedicals - 0215011825 - 2, 6-Dichloroindophenol Sodium Salt, 25g

ITEM #: 13277367
2, 6-dichlorophenolindophenol (DCPIP) is a blue chemical compound used as a redo x dye. In O x idized form DCPIP is blue; whereas in reduced form DCPIP is colorless. The rate of photosynthesis can be measured by the rate at which this dye changes color (is reduced) when e x posed to light in a photosynthetic system. This reaction is reversible, as colorless DCPIP can be reo x idized to blue.
2, 6-dichlorophenolindophenol sodium salt is a redo x dye commonly used as a monitor of the light reactions in photosynthesis because it is an electron acceptor that is blue when o x idized and colorless when reduced. It is part of the Hill reagents family. DCPIP can also be used as an indicator for Vitamin C. If vitamin C, which is a good reducing agent, is present, the blue dye, which turns pink in acid conditions, is reduced to a colorless compound by ascorbic acid.
2, 6-dichlorophenolindophenol (DCPIP) is used as a substitute for NADP+. The dye changes color when it is reduced, due to its chemical structure. The rate of photosynthesis light-dependent reaction can be measured with this property of DCPIP, because one of the stages of the light reaction is an electron transport chain that normally ends with the reduction of NADP+. When DCPIP is present, it also gets reduced by the light reaction. The amount of DCPIP reduced can be found by measuring the solution's light transmittance with a spectrophotometer.
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