luciferin

Luciferin can be added to molecules and cells to make them visible under the microscope.

This enzyme oxidizes the luciferin, exciting it to a high energy level.

An example of chemiluminescence molecules in nature is firefly luciferin.

Chemists use the generic term luciferin to describe the one producing the light.

Fresh luciferin must be brought in through the diet or through internal synthesis.

In other words, luciferin combines chemically with oxygen to produce oxyluciferin.

The in vivo synthesis of firefly luciferin is not completely understood.

Two chemicals, luciferin and luciferase that react with one another to create a soft glow.

The luciferin reacts with oxygen to create light.

Fireflies light up by blending two chemicals, luciferin and luciferase.

Then, when the cork is popped, a seal breaks and drops luciferin into the champagne.

Separately, the luciferin is $499 for 100mg of crystalline and $673 for the sodium salt.

A luciferin (a kind of pigment) is activated by a luciferase enzyme.

The technique requires luciferin to be added to the bloodstream, which carries it to cells throughout the body.

Firefly luciferase generates light from luciferin in a multistep process.

This shows that luciferase can differentiate between the isomers of the luciferin structure.

A very similar type of luciferin is found in some types of euphausiid shrimp.

The procedure was an acid-base extraction, given the carboxylic acid group on the luciferin.

This involve no reflection at all but true, living generation of light (via the chemistry of Luciferin).

By extracting from them a known substance, luciferin, he traced the process by which the insects produced it.

Luciferin and luciferase (the enzyme that reacts with the chemical to produce the light) are pretty expensive.

First, the luciferase catalyzes the oxidation of luciferin.

Sometimes, the luciferin binds with a catalyzing protein and oxygen in a large structure known as a photoprotein.

Different species of fireflies all use the same luciferin, however the color of the light emitted can differ greatly.

Other important thiazole dervatives are benzothiazoles, for example, the firefly chemical luciferin.