New Fuchsin

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 New fuchsin New fuchsin Magenta III 42520 Basic violet 2 Triarylmethane Basic 1.13% 3.2% 556 (Conn),543 (Gurr) 553 (Aldrich) Red C22H24N3Cl 365.9

New fuchsin is closely related to the dyes that make up the mixture called basic fuchsin, and it can be substituted for them, particularly for the demonstration of acid fast organisms with a Ziehl Neelsen stain. Compare the formulae of the constituents of basic fuchsin.

 

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.

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