GnHCl were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich and were used as received.
DACIA was purchased from Molecular Probes Inc. and was used as received.
Coumarin-343, 4-dimethylamino pyridine, N,N-dicyclohexyl carbodiimide, and 4-nitrophenol were bought
from Sigma-Aldrich and were used as received for the synthesis of
NPCE as reported earlier.39 (link) Analytical
grade disodium hydrogen phosphate and sodium dihydrogen phosphate
were purchased from Merck, India, and used to prepare 50 mM buffer
(pH 7.4). Dialysis membrane tubing (14 kDa cutoff) was purchased from
Sigma-Aldrich and used after removing the glycerol and sulfur compounds
according to the procedure given by Sigma-Aldrich. Centrifugal filter
units (Amicon Ultra, 10 kDa cutoff) were purchased from Merck Millipore,
Germany. HSA was tagged with DACIA and NPCE following the already
reported procedure (
grade dimethyl sulfoxide and dichloromethane were purchased from Spectrochem,
India.