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Toluidine Blue O

Name: Toluidine Blue O
Brand: SIAL

Powder

Synonym(s):

Basic Blue 17, Blutene chloride, Methylene Blue T50 or T extra, Tolonium chloride

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):

C₁₅H₁₆ClN₃S

CAS Number:

92-31-9

Molecular Weight:

305.83

NACRES:

NA.47

PubChem Substance ID:

24900122

UNSPSC Code:

12171500

EC Number:

202-146-2

MDL number:

MFCD00011934

Colour Index Number:

52040

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Properties

Product Name

Toluidine Blue O, Technical grade

grade

technical grade

Quality Level

200

form

powder

composition

Dye content, ~80%

technique(s)

microbe id | staining: suitable

solubility

H₂O: 1 mg/mL

application(s)

diagnostic assay manufacturing
hematology
histology

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

[Cl-].Cc1cc2N=C3C=CC(\C=C3Sc2cc1N)=[N+](\C)C

InChI

1S/C15H15N3S.ClH/c1-9-6-13-15(8-11(9)16)19-14-7-10(18(2)3)4-5-12(14)17-13;/h4-8,16H,1-3H3;1H

InChI key

GEDVVYWLPUPJJZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

Toluidine Blue O (TBO) is a thiazine dye of the quinone-imine family and is cationic in nature. It has been employed in polychromatic staining of paraffin embedded plant cell walls. It is a metachromatic dye suitable for a wide variety of histological staining procedures.

A metachromatic dye suitable for a wide variety of histological staining procedures.

Application

Toluidine Blue O has been used to stain a variety of specimens like mesenchymal cells, taste buds, osteoblasts, matrix, etc.

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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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Toluidine blue-mediated photodynamic effects on staphylococcal biofilms.

Mrinalini Sharma et al.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 52(1), 299-305 (2007-10-31)

Staphylococci are important causes of nosocomial and medical-device-related infections. Their virulence is attributed to the elaboration of biofilms that protect the organisms from immune system clearance and to increased resistance to phagocytosis and antibiotics. Photodynamic treatment (PDT) has been proposed

Polychromatic staining of plant cell walls by toluidine blue O

T.P.O'Brien

Protoplasma, 59(2) (1964)

Fibroblast-derived matrix (FDM) as a novel vascular endothelial growth factor delivery platform

Ping Du

Journal of Controlled Release : Official Journal of the Controlled Release Society (2014)

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Global Trade Item Number

SKU	GTIN
T3260-25G	04061837343988
T3260-100G	04061835349234
T3260-5G	04061837343995