Monitoring excited-state relaxation in a molecular marker in live cells–a case study on astaxanthin

• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4915896
• Publication Date: 2021-06-04
• Authors: Tingxiang Yang; Avinash Chettri; Basseem Radwan; Ewelina Matuszyk; Małgorzata Barańska; Benjamin Dietzek
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; Cell Survival; Xanthophylls; 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences; 3. Good health; Kinetics; 03 medical and health sciences; Spectrophotometry; 13. Climate action; Molecular Probes; MCF-7 Cells; Humans; Quantum Theory; Dimethyl Sulfoxide

Small molecules are frequently used as dyes, labels and markers to visualize and probe biophysical processes within cells.