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Meldola′s blue

Synonym(s):

8-Dimethylamino-2,3-benzophenoxazine hemi(zinc chloride) salt, Basic Blue 6, Fast blue 3R, Naphthol blue R

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C18H15ClN2O · 0.5Cl2Zn
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
378.93
Colour Index Number:
51175
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MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12171500
PubChem Substance ID:

SMILES string

[Cl-].C\[N+](C)=C1\C=CC2=Nc3c(OC2=C1)ccc4ccccc34

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M Hope-Roberts et al.
Biotechnic & histochemistry : official publication of the Biological Stain Commission, 87(4), 295-299 (2011-12-14)
Brief accounts are given of the chemical nature, and past and current biomedical applications of three dyes first synthesized by Raphael Meldola: isamine blue, Meldola's blue and naphthol green B.
Peng Luo et al.
Forensic science international, 179(2-3), 192-198 (2008-07-26)
This paper presents a disposable biosensor to detect serum alcohol concentration. The proposed biosensor is fabricated using the cross-linking method to immobilize Alcohol Dehydrogenase (ADH) and Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NAD(+)) on the screen-printed electrode modified with Meldola's Blue (MB) absorbed
Peng Luo et al.
Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine, 46(11), 1641-1647 (2008-11-18)
Blood alcohol determination plays an important role in laboratory medicine and forensic medicine. Nowadays, many methods are being used for alcohol measurement, but these methods are time-consuming and complex to perform laborious sample pre-treatment. The disposable amperometric biosensor, due to
Sensitisation and visualisation of biochemical measurements using the NAD/NADH system by means of Meldola blue. II. Application to the continuous flow determination of plasma glucose and urea.
J L Orsonneau et al.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry, 125(2), 185-192 (1982-10-27)
S Ashok Kumar et al.
Analytica chimica acta, 592(1), 36-44 (2007-05-15)
We report the synthesis and the electrochemical properties of hybrid films made of zinc oxide (ZnO) and Meldola's blue dye (MB) using cyclic voltammetry (CV). MB/ZnO hybrid films were electrochemically deposited onto glassy carbon, gold and indium tin oxide-coated glass

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