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Nitrate Reagent B

Name: Nitrate Reagent B
Brand: SIAL

suitable for microbiology

Synonym(s):

Sulfanilic acid solution, 4-Aminobenzenesulfonic acid

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About This Item

CAS Number:

121-57-3

NACRES:

NA.85

PubChem Substance ID:

329755871

UNSPSC Code:

41171621

MDL number:

MFCD00007886

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Properties

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

Quality Segment

100

composition

acetic acid (30%), 1000 mL , sulfanilic acid, 8.0 g

technique(s)

microbe id | metabolite detection: suitable

application(s)

agriculture
clinical testing
environmental
food and beverages
pharmaceutical, microbiology

suitability

Enterobacter spp., Escherichia coli, Neisseria spp., anaerobic bacteria, coliforms

SMILES string

Nc1ccc(cc1)S(O)(=O)=O

InChI

1S/C6H7NO3S/c7-5-1-3-6(4-2-5)11(8,9)10/h1-4H,7H2,(H,8,9,10)

InChI key

HVBSAKJJOYLTQU-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

Application

α-Naphthylamine and sulfanilic acid are used for detection of nitrate reduction by bacteria. Organisms containing nitrate reductase reduce nitrate to nitrite, which forms a diazonium salt with sulfanilic acid and reacts with α-naphthylamine to form a red azo dye.

pictograms

GHS05

signalword

Danger

hcodes

H314

pcodes

P280 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P304 + P340 + P310 - P305 + P351 + P338 - P363 - P405

Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B

Storage Class

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c