Novel natural myricetin with AIE and ESIPT characteristics for selective detection and imaging of superoxide anions in vitro and in vivo

• DOI: 10.1039/c9cc05212g
• Publication Date: 2019-08-16T21:44:11Z
• Authors: Ruiqing Long; Cui Tang; Jinju Xu; Te Li; Chaoying Tong; Ying Guo; Shuyun Shi; Daijie Wang
• Keywords: Myricetin

A novel AIE probe with ESIPT characteristics, myricetin, has been easily purified from vine tea for reversible, selective and sensitive targeting of O2˙- in turn-on mode. Its nanocrystals exhibit large Stokes shift, high photostability, excellent biocompatibility, low cytotoxicity endogenous detection imaging vitro vivo.