Common Name: Malachite green
Suggested Name: Malachite green
Other Names:
Victoria green B Diamond green B
C.I. Number: 42000
C.I. Name: Basic green 4
Color: Green
Solubility Aqueous: Very
Solubility Ethanol: Very
Absorption Maximum: 617-619, 425 (Conn) 614, 425 (Aldrich) 618 (Gurr)
Empirical Formula: C23H25N2Cl
Formula Weight: 365
Description
Malachite green is rarely specified in histotechnology. It can be used in a method for differentiating DNA and RNA analagous to the Pappenheim stain, in which it replaces methyl green and stains DNA.
Compare this dye to methyl green.
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.
