Alizarin Cyanin BBS

Property Data Common name Suggested name Other names C.I. number C.I. name Class Ionisation Solubility aqueous Solubility ethanol Absorption maximum Colour Empirical formula Formula weight Alizarin Cyanin BBS Alizarin Cyanin BBS Anthracene blue SWX 58610 Mordant blue 23 Anthraquinone Acid Soluble Slightly 540 (Gurr)   C14H6O14S2Na2 508.3

This dye has been recommended as a hematoxylin substitute in H&E staining. It should not be confused with the related dye anthracene blue SWR.

 

Reference
R. D. Lillie.
Conn's Biological Stains
Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD., U.S.A.

Edward Gurr, (1971)
Synthetic dyes in biology, medicine and chemistry
Academic Press, London, England.

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