Thionine
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| CAS number | 135-59-1 |
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Thionine, also known as thionine acetate or Lauth's violet, is a strongly staining metachromatic dye that are widely used for biological staining.[1] Thionine can also be used in place of Schiff reagent in quantitative Feulgen staining of DNA. It can also be used to mediate electron transfer in microbial fuel cells.[citation needed] The dye's name is frequently mis-spelled, with omission of the e. The -ine ending indicates that the compound is an amine[2][3].
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "Stainsfile — Thionin". http://stainsfile.info/StainsFile/dyes/52000.htm.
- ^ Kiernan JA (2001). "Classification and naming of dyes, stains and fluorochromes". Biotech Histochem 76 (5-6): 261–78. PMID 11871748.
- ^ Webster's Third New International Dictionary. G & C Merriam Co. 1976, p.2377.
