Common Name: Phloxine
Suggested Name: Phloxine B
Other Names:
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C.I. Number: 45410
C.I. Name: Acid red 92
Color: Red
Solubility Aqueous: 10%
Solubility Ethanol: 10%
Absorption Maximum: 546-548 (Conn) 548, 410 (Aldrich) 535 (Gurr)
Empirical Formula: C20H2Br4Cl4Na2
Formula Weight: 829.7
Description
Phloxine B can be substituted for Eosin Y ws. It is used in the hematoxylin phloxine saffron (HPS) stain, stains paneth cell granules in Lendrum's phloxine-tartrazine method, and can be used to demonstrate alcoholic hyaline.
Compare the structural formula of some eosin homologues.
References
- R. D. Lillie.
Conn’s Biological Stains
Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD., U.S.A. - Aldrich chemical catalogue, 1992
Aldrich Chemical Company, Milwaukee, WI, USA. - Edward Gurr, 1971
Synthetic dyes in biology, medicine and chemistry
Academic Press, London, England.
