Thioflavine T

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 Thioflavine T Thioflavine T – 49005 Basic yellow 1 Thiazole Basic Soluble – 412 Yellow C17H19N2SCl 318.9

This dye is used in a standard method for the fluorescent staining of amyloid.

 

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.