Common Name: Biebrich scarlet
Suggested Name: Biebrich scarlet
Other Names:
Croceine scarlet Ponceau B or BS
C.I. Number: 26905
C.I. Name: Acid red 66
Color: Red
Solubility Aqueous: Soluble
Solubility Ethanol: Soluble
Absorption Maximum: 504 (Conn), 506 (Gurr) 505 (Aldrich)
Empirical Formula: C22H14N4O7S2Na2
Formula Weight: 556.5
Description
Biebrich scarlet is sometimes used as a plasma stain instead of Acid fuchsin in Masson's trichrome.
This dye should not be confused with the purified form of Sudan III, referred to as biebrich scarlet R.
References
- 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.
