p-nitrophenylphosphate; 4-nitrophenylphosphate

Introduction

Used an a substrate for alkaline phosphatase in many indirect spectrophotometric clinical chemistry tests. In alkaline solutions, the anion absorbs strongly at 400 nm.

More general terms

• phosphomonoester

Database

• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=378