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Carmine

Dye content: minimum not established , certified by the Biological Stain Commission, powder

Synonym(s):

Alum lake of carminic acid, Cochineal, Nacarat, Natural Red 4

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CAS Number:
1390-65-4
MDL number:
MFCD32869252
UNSPSC Code:
12171500
NACRES:
NA.47
EC Number:
215-724-4
Colour Index Number:
75470

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Product Name

Carmine, certified by the BSC

SMILES string

O1C(C(C(C(C1c2c(c3c(c(c2O)O)C(=O)c4c(c(c(c(c4)O)C(=O)O)C)C3=O)O)O)O)O)CO

InChI

1S/C22H20O13/c1-4-8-5(2-6(24)9(4)22(33)34)13(25)10-11(15(8)27)16(28)12(18(30)17(10)29)21-20(32)19(31)14(26)7(3-23)35-21/h2,7,14,19-21,23-24,26,28-32H,3H2,1H3,(H,33,34)

InChI key

DGQLVPJVXFOQEV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

agency

certified by the BSC

form

powder

composition

Dye content: minimum has not been established

color

red

solubility

1 mg/mL, red (2 N NH4OH)

application(s)

diagnostic assay manufacturing
hematology
histology

storage temp.

room temp

Quality Level

200

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Application

Carmine has been used for the staining of mammary glands. It has also been used for the staining of chromosomes.
Certified for use in Orth′s lithium carbonate technique, Southgate′s mucicarmine method, and Best′s carmine for glycogen

General description

Carmine is a red compound and is commonly used with aluminum, iron or other metal salts to enhance its activity. During smear preparation, carmine is required for chromatin staining in fresh material. In presence of aluminum chloride, it is required for the staining of glycogen.

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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SHBR5870
SHBQ9239
SHBR2712
SHBQ7760
SHBQ0937

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Precocious differentiation of the virgin Wistar-Kyoto rat mammary gland.
Benton ME, et al.
Endocrinology, 140, 2659-2659 (1999)
Genetic background affects susceptibility to mammary hyperplasias and carcinomas in Apc(min)/+ mice.
Moser AR, et al.
Cancer Research, 61, 3480-3480 (2001)
Florence Charlot et al.
Nucleic acids research, 42(19), 11965-11978 (2014-09-28)
The eukaryotic RecA homologue Rad51 is a key factor in homologous recombination and recombinational repair. Rad51-like proteins have been identified in yeast (Rad55, Rad57 and Dmc1), plants and vertebrates (RAD51B, RAD51C, RAD51D, XRCC2, XRCC3 and DMC1). RAD51 and DMC1 are
Methods in Mammary Gland Biology and Breast Cancer Research (2000)
Sonia de Assis et al.
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, (44), DOI: 10-DOI: 10 (2010-10-26)
Studies in rodent models of breast cancer show that exposures to dietary/hormonal factors during the in utero and pubertal periods, when the mammary gland undergoes extensive modeling and re-modeling, alter susceptibility to carcinogen-induced mammary tumors. Similar findings have been described
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