A Collaborative study of vitamin D3 uptake by microcrustaceans (daphnia spp.): Studies towards linking vitamin D3 and Nile Blue A

Author

Pamela Meehl

Abstract

A collaborative study to determine what role, if any, vitamin D3 plays in the survival of a zooplankton genus, Daphnia (spp.), under the stress of UV radiation is currently ongoing. The portion of the study described here is a method towards linking vitamin D3 to a fluorophore (Nile Blue A). Functionalization and linking of Nile Blue A and vitamin D3 is explored utilizing "click" chemistry, carbonyldiimidazole (CDI) coupling and diisopropylcarbodiimide (DIC) coupling.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Zooplankton--Effect of ultraviolet radiation on; Cholecalciferol

Publication Date

7-1-2011

Document Type

Thesis

Department, Program, or Center

School of Chemistry and Materials Science (COS)

Advisor

Cody, Jeremy

Advisor/Committee Member

Rosenberg, L. Paul

Comments

Note: imported from RIT’s Digital Media Library running on DSpace to RIT Scholar Works. Physical copy available through RIT's The Wallace Library at: QL123 .M44 2011

Recommended Citation

Meehl, Pamela, "A Collaborative study of vitamin D3 uptake by microcrustaceans (daphnia spp.): Studies towards linking vitamin D3 and Nile Blue A" (2011). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed from
https://repository.rit.edu/theses/3706

Campus

RIT – Main Campus