Common Name: Gallamin blue
Suggested Name: Gallamin blue
Other Names:
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C.I. Number: 51045
C.I. Name: Mordant blue 45
Color: Blue
Solubility Aqueous: –
Solubility Ethanol: –
Absorption Maximum: 651
Empirical Formula: C15H14N3O4Cl
Formula Weight: 335.7
Description
Gallamin blue has been used as a hematoxylin substitute, with iron alum as the mordant, in the H&E stain.
References
- R. D. Lillie.
Conn’s Biological Stains
Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD., U.S.A.
