FLUORESCENT SENSORS FOR CELLULAR AMINES

摘要

The invention provides compounds of formulas (I), (II), and (III), methods of making them, and methods of their use. The compounds of the invention can be used as fluorescent sensors, for example, to detect an amine-containing analyte in a biological sample. The compounds can be selective for one type of amine over others and the amount of fluorescence can be correlated with the concentration of the amine in the sample.