OxiSelect™ Intracellular ROS Assay Kit (Green Fluorescence)

Product Description

The OxiSelect Intracellular ROS Assay Kit (Green Fluorescence) is a cell-based assay for measuring hydroxyl, peroxyl, or other reactive oxygen species activity within a cell. The assay employs the cell-permeable fluorogenic probe 2’, 7’-Dichlorodihydrofluorescin diacetate (DCFH-DA). In brief, DCFH-DA is diffused into cells and is deacetylated by cellular esterases to non-fluorescent 2’, 7’-Dichlorodihydrofluorescin (DCFH), which is rapidly oxidized to highly fluorescent 2’, 7’-Dichlorodihydrofluorescein (DCF) by ROS). The fluorescence intensity is proportional to the ROS levels within the cell cytosol. The effect of antioxidant or free radical compounds on DCF-DA can be measured against the fluorescence of the provided DCF standard. The kit has a DCF detection sensitivity limit of 10 pM. Each kit provides sufficient reagents to perform up to 96 assays, including standard curve and unknown samples.

Assay Principle

The Kit is a cell-based assay for measuring antioxidant or ROS activity. Cells are cultured in a 96-well cell culture plate and then pre-incubated with DCFH-DA, which is cell-permeable. The unknown antioxidant or ROS samples are then added to the cells. After a brief incubation, the cells can be read on a standard fluorescence plate reader. The ROS or antioxidant content in unknown samples is determined by comparison with the predetermined DCF standard curve.