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Amaranth

Dye content 85-95 %, Powder

Synonym(s):

Acid Red 27, Azorubin S, FD & C Red Dye No. 2

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C20H11N2Na3O10S3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
604.47
Colour Index Number:
16185
Beilstein:
4122311
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12171500
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.47

product name

Amaranth, Dye content 85-95 %

form

powder

composition

Dye content, 85-95%

color

brown to red-brown

pH

9.65 (28 °C, - OECD Test Guideline 122 - alkaline)

mp

>350 °C (at 966.25 hPa)

solubility

H2O: 10 mg/mL

application(s)

diagnostic assay manufacturing
hematology
histology

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

[Na+].[Na+].[Na+].Oc1c(N=Nc2ccc(c3ccccc23)S([O-])(=O)=O)c4ccc(cc4cc1S([O-])(=O)=O)S([O-])(=O)=O

InChI

1S/C20H14N2O10S3.3Na/c23-20-18(35(30,31)32)10-11-9-12(33(24,25)26)5-6-13(11)19(20)22-21-16-7-8-17(34(27,28)29)15-4-2-1-3-14(15)16;;;/h1-10,23H,(H,24,25,26)(H,27,28,29)(H,30,31,32);;;/q;3*+1/p-3

InChI key

WLDHEUZGFKACJH-UHFFFAOYSA-K

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Application

Amaranth has been used as a dye for the microscopic visualization of crop contraction in blowflies. It has been used in the electrophoresis gel to track the migration front of the electrode buffer.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Amaranth is an azo dye which is mainly used in the the beverage and food industries. It is also considered as an endocrine disruptor.

Pictograms

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Signal Word

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Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

417.2 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

214 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Effect of serotonin and calcium on the supercontractile muscles of the adult blowfly crop.
Liscia A, et al.
Journal of Insect Physiology, 58, 356-356 (2012)
Genotypic and Phenotypic Comparisons of Chromosomal Types within an Indigenous Soil Population of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii.
Leung K, et al.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 60, 416-416 (1994)
Electrochemical and sonoelectrochemical processes applied to amaranth dye degradation.
Steter JR, et al.
Chemosphere, 117, 200-200 (2014)
Shekhar B Jadhav et al.
Environmental science and pollution research international, 20(5), 2854-2866 (2012-09-22)
Bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa BCH was able to degrade naphthylaminesulfonic azo dye Amaranth in plain distilled water within 6 h at 50 mg l(-1) dye concentration. Studies were carried out to find the optimum physical conditions and which came out to
Guowen Zhang et al.
Food chemistry, 136(2), 442-449 (2012-11-06)
The mechanism of interaction between food dye amaranth and human serum albumin (HSA) in physiological buffer (pH 7.4) was investigated by fluorescence, UV-vis absorption, circular dichroism (CD), and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. Results obtained from analysis of fluorescence spectra

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