Table 2 Chromatographic and spectroscopic properties of Orfelia and Neoditomiya hot extracts and partially isolated luciferins.

From: A new brilliantly blue-emitting luciferin-luciferase system from Orfelia fultoni and Keroplatinae (Diptera)

Fraction

Rf* solv. I

Rf solv. II

λabs (nm)

λEX (nm)

λFL (nm)**

Orfelia hot extract

 

362

457

Neoditomiya hot extract

 

362

458

Hot extract air oxidized

 

362

459

TLC-eluted origin

0

0

257/347

360

442

TLC-eluted origin (oxidized)

  

251/350

360

460

TLC-eluted band 1

0.66

0.74

360

 443

TLC-eluted band 2

0.77

0.8

360

447/~540

Qcolumn-Eluted Luciferin

254/365

356

447

Oxidized Qcolumn-Eluted luciferin

 

362

457

  1. *These values represent the average of 3 independent measurements.
  2. **The reported values are average of at least 3 independent experiments, and the error associated with peak estimation is ±2.5 nm.