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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2009
E. J. Delikatny, Havertown, PA (US);
Anatoliy V. Popov, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Gang Zheng, Toronto, CA;
Theresa Mawn, Bronx, NY (US);
E. J. Delikatny, Havertown, PA (US);
Anatoliy V. Popov, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Gang Zheng, Toronto, CA;
Theresa Mawn, Bronx, NY (US);
THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a phospholipid-based NIR molecular beacon, having a phospholipid moiety; with an NIR fluorophore moiety covalently linked to a phospholipid glycerol backbone and a quencher moiety covalently linked to the phospholipid glycerol backbone. Additionally, provided herein is methods of analyzing a sample for the presence of a phospholipase and methods of identifying the activity of a phospholipase in vivo utilizing phospholipid-based NIR molecular beacon.