BODIPY-Cholesterol

Description: BODIPY-Cholesterol (TF-Chol) is a cholesterol analog with a fluorescent BODIPY motif and cellular permeability, and is a novel BODIPY cholesterol probe.BODIPY-Cholesterol can be used to study intracellular sterol uptake and interorganelle sterol flux. Smiles: [H][C@@]1(CC[C@@]2([H])[C@]3([H])CC=C4C[C@@H](O)CC[C@]4(C)[C@@]3([H])CC[C@]12C)[C@H](C)CCC1=C2C(C)=CC(C)=[N+]2[B-](F)(F)n2c(C)cc(C)c12. References: Maarit Hölttä-Vuori, et al. BODIPY-cholesterol: a new tool to visualize sterol trafficking in living cells and organiss. Traffic. 2008 Nov,9(11):1839-49.