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Published in final edited form as: Phys Med Biol. 2013 Jan 14;58(3):601–619. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/3/601

Table 1.

Fluorophore properties

	Fluorescein	Quinine Sulfate
Chemical Formula	C₂₀H₁₀Na₂O₅	C₂₀H₂₄N₂O₂ • 0.5 H₂SO₄ • H₂O
Molecular Weight (g/mol)	376.27	391.47
Water Solubility (g/L)	1.0	1.2
Quantum Yield	0.79^a	0.55^b

^a

Kellog et al. (1964)

^b

Eaton et al. (1988)