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Ponceau S (Acid Red 112) is an azo protein dye commonly used as a stain in spot blotting assays for protein quantification.

Nitro blue tetrazolium chloride (NBT), an NADPH-diaphorase substrate (IC50 = 3-4 M) and well-known scavenger of superoxide anions, competitively inhibits nitric oxide synthase. Additionally, NBT, as a substrate for dehydrogenases, is used with the alkaline phosphatase substrate BCIP in western blotting and immunohistological staining procedures.

5(6)-FITC (Fluorescein isothiocyanate), or Fluorescein 5(6)-isothiocyanate, is a versatile amine-reactive derivative of fluorescein dye. It serves as an effective label for antibodies and other probes, finding utility in fluorescence microscopy, flow cytometry, and immunofluorescence-based assays such as ELISA and Western blotting.