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E8886

Erythrosin extra bluish

Dye content, ≥80%, certified by the Biological Stain Commission, powder

Synonym(s):

2′,4′,5′,7′-Tetraiodofluorescein disodium salt, Acid Red 51, Iodoeosin

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C20H6I4Na2O5
CAS Number:
16423-68-0
Molecular Weight:
879.86
NACRES:
NA.47
PubChem Substance ID:
24894685
UNSPSC Code:
12171500
EC Number:
240-474-8
MDL number:
MFCD00144257
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1443945
Colour Index Number:
45430
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Product Name

Erythrosin extra bluish, certified by the BSC

agency

certified by the BSC

Quality Level

200

form

powder

composition

Dye content, ≥80%

pH

6.4 (30.3 °C)

mp

315 °C

solubility

water: 1 mg/mL, clear

density

0.625-0.731 g/cm3 at 30.1 °C

application(s)

diagnostic assay manufacturing
hematology
histology

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

[Na+].[Na+].[O-]c1c(I)cc2c(Oc3c(I)c([O-])c(I)cc3C24OC(=O)c5ccccc45)c1I

InChI

1S/C20H8I4O5.2Na/c21-11-5-9-17(13(23)15(11)25)28-18-10(6-12(22)16(26)14(18)24)20(9)8-4-2-1-3-7(8)19(27)29-20;;/h1-6,25-26H;;/q;2*+1/p-2

InChI key

RAGZEDHHTPQLAI-UHFFFAOYSA-L

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General description

Erythrosin extra bluish is soluble in ethanol and water. It is a brown powder, with a pH range of 2.5 to 4. It is used in color filters, light emitting diodes, cosmetics and hair dyes. It has been used in many biological applications such as, detecting gene expression, treating age related macular degeneration, diabetes and obesity.

Application

Certified for use in the Jackson stain for plant anatomy; counterstain for alum hematoxylin; Kreyberg′s method for keratin and mucus.

pictograms

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GHS07,GHS09

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Warning

hcodes

H302,H411

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 2

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

359.6 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

182 °C - closed cup

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Lot/Batch Number
SHBR6554
0000244685
0000244685
SHBQ3587
SHBN5588

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Handbook of Acid-Base Indicators (2007)
R W Sabnis.
Handbook of Biological Dyes and Stains: Synthesis and Industrial Applications, 544-544 (2010)
Ying-Ju Huang et al.
ChemMedChem, 7(4), 571-577 (2012-02-23)
SecA is a central component of the general secretion system that is essential for bacterial growth and thus an ideal target for antimicrobial agents. A series of fluorescein analogues were first screened against the ATPase activity using the truncated unregulated
Anna Carolina Borges Pereira Costa et al.
Archives of oral biology, 56(11), 1299-1305 (2011-06-28)
The effect of erythrosine- and LED-mediated photodynamic therapy (PDT) on planktonic cultures and biofilms of Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis was evaluated. Planktonic cultures of standardized suspensions (10(6)cells/mL) of C. albicans and C. dubliniensis were treated with erythrosine concentrations of
Vagner Roberto Batistela et al.
Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy, 79(5), 889-897 (2011-05-10)
Xanthenes form to an important class of dyes which are widely used. Most of them present three acid-base groups: two phenolic sites and one carboxylic site. Therefore, the pKa determination and the attribution of each group to the corresponding pKa
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SKUGTIN
E8886-25G04061833608890

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