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Apexbio Technology LLC 5-Aminolevulinic acid HCl 5451-09-2 10g

Supplier: Apexbio Technology LLC B207010000
5-Aminolevulinic acid HCl (CAS 5451-09-2) is a naturally occurring molecule essential in the biosynthetic pathway leading to the formation of heme Functioning as the initial precursor in tetrapyrrole biosynthesis it is enzymatically converted through several steps to protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) The metabolic accumulation of PpIX in rapidly proliferating or neoplastic cells underlies its biological utility as this intermediate fluoresces upon excitation facilitating tumor detection and photodynamic research applications Consequently 5-Aminolevulinic acid HCl serves as a valuable biochemical tool in oncology and cellular imaging investigations
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