Evans Blue

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 Evans blue Evans blue Azovan blue 23860 Direct blue 53 Azo Acid Soluble Soluble 611 Blue C34H24N6O14S4Na4 960.842

This dye is listed as a teratogen by Aldrich. It is sometimes used as a counterstain, especially in fluorescent methods to suppress background autofluorescence.

 

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

Aldrich chemical catalogue, 1992
Aldrich Chemical Company, Milwaukee, WI, USA.

Susan Budavari, Editor, (1996)
The Merck Index, Ed. 12
Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA