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A2918

Azure A chloride

Dye content, ≥70%, certified by the Biological Stain Commission, powder

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C14H14ClN3S
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
291.80
UNSPSC Code:
12171500
NACRES:
NA.47
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
208-510-7
MDL number:
Colour Index Number:
52005
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3922287
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Product Name

Azure A chloride, certified by the BSC, Dye content ≥70 %

agency

certified by the BSC

Quality Level

form

powder

composition

Dye content, ≥70%

color

dark brown, green to very dark green

mp

290 °C (dec.) (lit.)

solubility

water: 1 mg/mL

suitability

suitable for (Certified for use in Lillie′s modified Nocht′s method for paraffin sections and the NCCLS method for blood smears.)

application(s)

diagnostic assay manufacturing
hematology
histology

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

NC1=CC(SC(C2=N3)=CC(C=C2)=[N+](C)C)=C3C=C1.[Cl-]

InChI

1S/C14H13N3S.ClH/c1-17(2)10-4-6-12-14(8-10)18-13-7-9(15)3-5-11(13)16-12;/h3-8,15H,1-2H3;1H

InChI key

NALREUIWICQLPS-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Certified for use in Lillie′s modified Nocht′s method for paraffin sections and the NCCLS method for blood smears.

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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Scan-and-treat methodology using Azure A fast stain as a cost-effective cervical cancer screening alternative to visual inspection with acetic acid.
Martial Guillaud et al.
Gynecologic oncology, 107(1 Suppl 1), S256-S259 (2007-09-11)
J F Liang et al.
International journal of pharmaceutics, 202(1-2), 11-20 (2000-08-01)
A novel heparin/protamine-based approach for delivery of enzyme drugs without associated toxic effects has been proposed. This approach would allow an enzyme drug to be administered in an inactive (i.e. pro-drug) form and then released at the target site in
P Chieco et al.
The Histochemical journal, 25(8), 569-577 (1993-08-01)
Mitotic index is a clinically important parameter in cancer pathology. We developed a staining method using Toluidine Blue to detect efficiently and rapidly mitotic figures in sections of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded human and rat tissues. Sections were stained at acid pH
Shuhua Bai et al.
Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 96(8), 2090-2106 (2007-02-09)
This study was designed to test the hypothesis that positively charged dendrimers form a complex with enoxaparin, a low-molecular weight heparin (LMWH), and that the resulting drug-dendrimer complex is effective in preventing deep vein thrombosis after pulmonary administration. Fourier Transform
F Battaglini et al.
Bioconjugate chemistry, 5(5), 430-435 (1994-09-01)
The bimolecular rate constants for the reactions of five organic two-electron redox mediators with reduced glucose oxidase (GOx) were determined by measuring voltammetric electrocatalytic currents at glassy carbon electrodes in the presence of excess glucose under anaerobic conditions. The mediators

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A2918-25G04061833359945

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