This reagent visualizes fatty acid beta-oxidation (FAO) activity, a common metabolic pathway in the breakdown of fatty acids in living organisms, using blue fluorescence. FAO activity of fatty acid beta-oxidation in living cells, which has been difficult to measure in the past, can be easily measured by the fluorescence imaging method.
It can be widely applied to comparative evaluation of β-oxidation activity of fatty acids in different cell types, search for compounds that promote or inhibit β-oxidation activity, and basic research on enzymes involved in β-oxidation.