Stainsfile - Acridine red 3B

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	Acridine red 3B Acridine red 3B – 45000 – Pyronin Basic Soluble Soluble 547 Red C₁₅H₁₅N₂OCl 274.76

This dye is not commonly used. It has been suggested for staining RNA in conjunction with malachite green in the Hitchcock Ehrich method for plasma cells, a method analogous to the unna-Pappenheim technique, which uses the closely related dye pyronin Y or pyronin B.

Compare the formula with other pyronins.

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

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Last updated January 2010.