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Bromocresol Purple

Name: Bromocresol Purple
Brand: SIAL

Powder

Synonym(s):

5,5′-Dibromo-o-cresolsulfonphthalein, Bromcresol purple sultone form

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):

C₂₁H₁₆Br₂O₅S

CAS Number:

115-40-2

Molecular Weight:

540.22

NACRES:

NA.47

PubChem Substance ID:

24891871

UNSPSC Code:

12171500

EC Number:

204-087-8

MDL number:

MFCD00011681

Beilstein/REAXYS Number:

359618

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Product Name

Bromocresol Purple, Technical grade

grade

technical grade

Quality Level

200

form

powder

technique(s)

microbe id | staining: suitable

color

gray to light purple

pH

5.2-6.8, yellow to purple

mp

240 °C (dec.) (lit.)

solubility

methanol: 4 mg/mL, orange

application(s)

diagnostic assay manufacturing
hematology
histology

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

Cc1cc(cc(Br)c1O)C2(OS(=O)(=O)c3ccccc23)c4cc(C)c(O)c(Br)c4

InChI

1S/C21H16Br2O5S/c1-11-7-13(9-16(22)19(11)24)21(14-8-12(2)20(25)17(23)10-14)15-5-3-4-6-18(15)29(26,27)28-21/h3-10,24-25H,1-2H3

InChI key

ABIUHPWEYMSGSR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Bromocresol purple is a pH indicator. It changes from yellow (5.2) to purple (6.8).

Application

Bromocresol purple has been used as a pH indicator in the yeast culture media. It has been used as a pH indicator in the culture media of Geobacillus stearothermophilus subsp. Calidolactis.

Spectrophotometric determination of serum-albumin

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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Robust experimental design for optimizing the microbial inhibitor test for penicillin detection in milk.

Nagel OG, et al.

Letters in Applied Microbiology, 48, 744-749 (2009)

Spectroscopic studies on the binding of bromocresol purple to different serum albumins and its bilirubin displacing action.

Faizah Mohd Faizul et al.

Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology, 90(1), 1-7 (2007-11-21)

The interaction between bromocresol purple (BCP) and bovine serum albumin (BSA)/porcine serum albumin (PSA) was investigated both in the absence and presence of bilirubin (BR) using absorption/absorption difference spectroscopy. A significant red shift in the absorption maxima of BCP accompanied

An investigation of the use of the MicroFoss as an indicator of the shelf life of pasteurized fluid milk.

C H White et al.

Journal of dairy science, 89(7), 2459-2464 (2006-06-15)

The MicroFoss method was evaluated for its effectiveness as an indicator of fluid milk shelf life. Half-gallon, 2% fat fluid milk samples (n = 90) were obtained from a milk processing plant on 3 occasions postpasteurization and evaluated for shelf

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Global Trade Item Number

SKU	GTIN
B5880-5G	04061835345861
B5880-100G	04061833434215
B5880-25G	04061835345854

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