Agents for the detection of substrates with hydrolase activity

摘要

A method of detecting hydrolase activity using as substrates the compounds of the formula <IMAGE> wherein each of R1, R2 and R3 is C1-C4 alkyl, or phenyl optionally substituted in the meta- or para- position by C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy or mono- or di-(C1-C6)-alkylamino, or optionally substituted by an O-X group in which X is a glycosyl, phosphate or acyl moiety of a natural substrate of the corresponding glycosidase, phosphatase or esterase.