Common Name: Acriflavine
Suggested Name: Acriflavine
Other Names:
Trypaflavine
C.I. Number: 46000
C.I. Name: –
Color: Orange
Solubility Aqueous: 33%
Solubility Ethanol: 33%
Absorption Maximum: 462 & 465 (Aldrich)
Empirical Formula: C14H15N3Cl2
Formula Weight: 296.2
Description
Acriflavine is primarily used as an antiseptic. As a histological dye, it can be used to make a good fluorescent yellow Schiff's reagent.
References
- R. D. Lillie.
Conn’s Biological Stains
Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD., U.S.A. - Susan Budavari, Editor,
The Merck Index, Ed. 12
Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA - Aldrich chemical catalogue, 1992
Aldrich Chemical Company, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
