Common Name: Pyronin Y
Suggested Name: Pyronin Y
Other Names:
Pyronin G
C.I. Number: 45005
C.I. Name: –
Color: Red
Solubility Aqueous: 8.96%
Solubility Ethanol: 8.96%
Absorption Maximum: 545 (Gurr) 548 (Aldrich) 552 (Conn)
Empirical Formula: C17H19N2OCl
Formula Weight: 302.8
Description
Pyronin Y is used with methyl green to selectively demonstrate RNA (red) in contrast to DNA (green) with the Unna-Pappenheim method.
Compare the formula with other pyronins.
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. - Susan Budavari, Editor,
The Merck Index, Ed. 12
Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA - Edward Gurr, 1971
Synthetic dyes in biology, medicine and chemistry
Academic Press, London, England.
