Fast Green FCF

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 Fast green FCF Fast green FCF – 42053 Food green 3 Triarylmethane Acid 16% 0.35% 625, 420-430 (Conn) 622, 427 (Aldrich) 628 (Merck) Green C37H34N2O10S3Na2 808.9

Fast green FCF has been recommended as a substitute for Light green SF yellowish in Masson's trichrome. It is less likely to fade, and is more brilliant in colour. It may be substituted in other procedures as well.

 

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

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

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