Common Name: Acridine red 3B
Suggested Name: Acridine red 3B
Other Names:
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C.I. Number: 45000
C.I. Name: –
Color: Red
Solubility Aqueous: Soluble
Solubility Ethanol: Soluble
Absorption Maximum: 547
Empirical Formula: C15H15N2OCl
Formula Weight: 274.76
Description
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.
References
- R. D. Lillie.
Conn’s Biological Stains
Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD., U.S.A.
