Auramine O

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 Auramine O Auramine O – 41000 Basic yellow 2 Diarylmethane Basic 0.74% 4.49% 432, 380 (Conn) 434, 370 (Aldrich) 430 (Gurr) Yellow C17H22N3Cl 321.9

Auramine O is used as a fluorescent stain for demonstrating acid fast organisms in a method similar to the Ziehl Neelsen. It also can be used to make a fluorescent Schiff reagent.

 

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.

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

Auramine O 25g
146-097-25G	$24.38