I-2′-(4-Methylumbelliferyl)-alpha-DN-acetylneuraminic acid usawoti we-sodium iyinhlanganisela yamakhemikhali evame ukusetshenziswa ekuhloleni nasekuhloleni ucwaningo.Iwukuphuma okune-fluorescent okubhalwe ukuthi i-sialic acid, uhlobo lwe-carbohydrate etholakala ebusweni bamaseli.
Le nhlanganisela isetshenziswa njenge-substrate yama-enzyme abizwa ngokuthi ama-neuraminidases, asebenza ukususa izinsalela ze-asilic acid kuma-glycoprotein nama-glycolipids.Uma lawa ma-enzyme enza ku-2′-(4-Methylumbelliferyl)-alpha-DN-acetylneuraminic acid usawoti we-sodium, ukhulula umkhiqizo we-fluorescent owaziwa ngokuthi i-4-methylumbelliferon.
I-fluorescence ekhiqizwa yi-compound ingalinganiswa futhi inqunywe, inikeze ulwazi ngomsebenzi we-neuraminidase enzymes.Lokhu kuwusizo ikakhulukazi ekutadisheni izifo ezihlukahlukene nezimo ezihlobene ne-aberrant sialic acid metabolism.
Inhlanganisela iphinde isetshenziselwe izinjongo zokuxilonga, njengokutholwa kwezifo ezibangelwa amagciwane ezibandakanya umsebenzi we-neuraminidase.Kulezi zivivinyo, inhlanganisela isetshenziselwa ukukhomba ukuba khona kwezinhlobo ezithile zegciwane noma ukuhlola ukusebenza kwe-neuraminidase inhibitors ekwelashweni kwe-antiviral.