ANS ammonium is a potent antibacterial agent and a textile dye. ANS ammonium can be used as fluorescence probe. ANS ammonium blocks the binding of triiodothyronine to thyroxine binding globulin in radioimmunoassay of triiodothyronine[1][2][3].
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