| 摘要 |
The present invention relates to free cholesterol analogs bearing a boron dipyrromethene difluoro (BODIPY) fluorophore in the side chain and methods of preparation. The compounds of the present invention can be used in fluorescence spectroscopy and fluorescence microscopy to visualize the exchange, distribution, and trafficking of free cholesterol between living cells and to monitor the movement of free cholesterol between ordered and disordered lipid domains in membranes.
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