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Bromocresol green is a sulfonephthalein dye. It is mainly used for measuring serum albumin. In acidic conditions, bromocresol green interacts with albumin, thereby resulting in an increase in absorbance at 630 nm. The change in absorbance is linked with the concentration of albumin. Bromocresol Green is also a pH indicator, changing from yellow (pH 3.8) to blue color (5.4). It is widely used as a colloidal pigment.

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CF® dye labeled dextrans could be used as a fluorescent fluid-phase markers to study cell permeability, endocytosis, or mechanisms of biomolecular delivery. The dextran is 150,000 MW, and contains a formaldehyde-fixable free-amine group.

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Bromophenol blue (BroB), an arylmethane color marker dye has a molecular mass of 670 Da.

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Xylene cyanol is often used as a tracking dye during agarose or polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. It has a slightly negative charge and will migrate in the same direction as DNA, allowing the user to monitor the progress of molecules moving through the gel. The tracking dye typically migrates with the DNA molecules around 5 kb. Xylene cyanol may also be used in loading buffer that facilitates the observation of the sample during gel loading and electrophoresis.

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ImmunoHistoMount™ is a permanent aqueous mounting medium designed for tissue sections and cell smears with peroxidase and alkaline phosphatase chromogens that cannot be dehydrated with organic solvents.

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Wright′s Stain solution is commercially available and is generally used in hematology. Its preparation involves heating methylene blue with sodium bicarbonate and combining the mixture with eosin. It is alkaline, hence, its concentration is continuously changing due to the progressive oxidizing action of the alkali. Therefore, Giemsa′s stain is added to preserve the azurophilic properties of polychrome dyes.

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Brilliant Blue R has been used in staining of gels after electrophoresis. It has also been used to determine protein in the protein bodies. For detection of protein bands following electrophoresis.

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Methyl green is a synthetic, triphenylmethane-type cationic dye related to ethyl green mainly used as DNA stain in histochemistry. It possesses aniline rings with different degrees of methylation. The dye binds specifically to the A-T rich regions of the major groove of DNA with the help of two positive charges. Methyl green in combination with pyronin is extensively used to stain RNA and plasma cells in tissue sections and cytologic preparations.

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Fluoroshield™ with DAPI is an aqueous mounting medium for preserving fluorescence of tissue and cell smears.

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Chemical-resistant, thermal-transfer labels for resin embedding, commonly used for transmission electron microscopy (TEM).

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Gram’s safranin solution, also known as Safranin T or Basic Red 2, is a ready-to-use staining solution that comprises 10% safranin in ethanol. Safranin is a basic, cationic, azine dye containing a planar, diaminophenazine chromophore, with a phenyl substituent attached to a ring nitrogen. The trimethyl cationic form of safranine is lipophilic, whereas the dimethyl forms are weakly hydrophilic. It is most notably used in bacteriology as a counterstain in Gram staining to differentiate between Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.

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Fura 2-AM (Fura 2) is a calcium-specific ratio-metric fluorescent dye. It is also known as acetoxy-methyl-ester. In response to calcium ions, ratio metric dyes like Fura 2 changes their respective excitation or emission spectra. The intracellular calcium concentration is determined by the fluorescence emission ratio or excitation at distinct wavelengths. Fura 2 has an emission peak at 505 nm, and the excitation peak ranges between 340 to 380 nm and is the preferred calcium indicator.

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Hoechst dyes are cell membrane-permeant, minor groove-binding blue fluorescent DNA stains. Hoechst dyes are widely used in cell cycle and apoptosis studies and also as nuclear counterstains. Hoechst 33342 is reported to be slightly more membrane-permeable than Hoechst 33258, but either dye can be used to stain live or fixed cell in buffer or medium at 1 ug/mL, with no wash step required.

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Hematoxylin is Gill’s Formulation 2; a nuclear counter stain of blue-violet colour. It is extracted from the heartwood of the logwood tree.

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Hoechst dyes are cell membrane-permeant, minor groove binding blue fluorescent DNA stains. Hoechst 33258 and Hoechst 33342 are spectrally similar. Hoechst 33528 is slightly more water soluble than Hoechst 33342, but both dyes are widely used in cell cycle and apoptosis studies and also as nuclear counterstains. They are typically used to stain live or fixed cells in buffer or medium at 1 ug/mL, with no wash step required.

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Brilliant Blue G is a methanol based stain which is especially designed for staining protein in polyacrylamide gels, but will also stain protein in agarose gels (IEF). The stain contains methanol and acetic acid so gels do not require fixing prior to staining. Water is added directly to the bottle to produce 1 liter of ready-to-use staining solution.

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This staining fixative is stable under normal temperature conditions and recommended use.

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Fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) is yellow-orange in color with an absorption maximum at 495nm. Upon excitation, it emits a yellow-green color with an emission maximum at 525 nm. It is widely used to attach a fluorescent label to proteins via the amine group. The isothiocyanate group reacts with amino terminal and primary amines in proteins. It has been used for the labeling of proteins including antibodies and lectins. Fluorescein isothiocyanate isomer I has been proposed as a contact sensitiser.

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3-(2-Pyridyl)-5,6-di(2-furyl)-1,2,4-triazine-5′,5′′-disulfonic acid disodium salt, also known as Ferene, is commonly used to measure the concentration of iron ions in aqueous solutions. The reagent is sensitive to ferrous iron ions (Fe2+) and forms a purple-colored complex with these ions in the presence of a reducing agent. The intensity of the purple color formed is proportional to the concentration of iron ions present in a solution and is quantified spectrophotometrically.

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Trypan blue is a tetrasulfonated anionic, hydrophilic azo dye derived from toluidine. The non-permeable cell membrane dye is a vital dye that selectively stains dead or non-viable cells, that pass through damaged but not through intact cell membranes.

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Biotium’s CellBrite™ NIR Cytoplasmic Membrane Dyes are near-infrared lipophilic carbocyanine dyes for labeling cytoplasmic membranes in live or formaldehyde-fixed cells.

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Ethidium Homodimer, first developed by Dr. Le Pecq and his colleagues, is a high-affinity fluorescent nucleic acid stain. It binds to both DNA and RNA in a sequence-independent manner and with a >30-fold fluorescence enhancement. The DNA binding of each Ethidium Homodimer covers four base pairs and is believed to occur by intercalation. Because the dye is highly positively charged, it cannot cross cell membranes to stain living cells. It is useful for detecting nucleic acids in solution, or for selectively staining dead cells with damaged plasma membranes.

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Polysorbate 80 high purity E can be used for pharmaceutical production and analysis.

Supplier: VWR Chemicals

A pre-mixed dye solution used in cell culture applications to determine cell viability. A researcher can remove a sample of cells from culture and combine in a 1:1 ratio with the Trypan Blue solution. Under the microscope, dead cells will appear a blue color and viable cells will appear clear and translucent. Using a hemacytometer (gridded microscope slide), a researcher can quantify the percentage of dead cells within a population. Stained cells are ready for counting within five minutes.

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Gram’s crystal violet solution, also known as gentian violet or hexamethyl pararosaniline, is a basic, cationic, acidotropic aminoarylmethane dye. It is a hexa-N-methylated triaminotriphenylmethane with a moderately sized lipophilic cation and a slightly nonplanar conjugated system. It is used in bacteriology as the primary stain in Gram staining to differentiate Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. It is known to possess antibacterial and antifungal properties.

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Ethidium Homodimer, first developed by Dr. Le Pecq and his colleagues, is a high-affinity fluorescent nucleic acid stain. It binds to both DNA and RNA in a sequence-independent manner and with a >30-fold fluorescence enhancement. The DNA binding of each Ethidium Homodimer covers four base pairs and is believed to occur by intercalation. Because the dye is highly positively charged, it cannot cross cell membranes to stain living cells. It is useful for detecting nucleic acids in solution, or for selectively staining dead cells with damaged plasma membranes.

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Bromocresol Green (BCG), also known as bromcresol green, is a synthetic, anionic, triphenylmethane dye belonging to the phthalein and sulphonphthalein dyes group. It is commonly used as a pH indicator as it changes colour from yellow to blue-green at pH 3,8 to 5,4. The monosodium salt of bromocresol green is highly ionisable in water. The dye at a higher pH level produces a large and weakly lipophilic dianion.

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Brilliant Blue G has been used for determining the urine protein concentration. It has been used for the protein band detection after SDS-PAGE (sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis). It has been used as a P2X7R (purinergic receptor) antagonist.

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GFAP is a 50 kDa intra-cytoplasmic filamentous protein of the cytoskeleton in astrocytes. During the development of the central nervous system, it is a cell-specific marker that distinguishes astrocytes from other glial cells. GFAP immunoreactivity has been shown in immature oligodendrocytes, epiglottic cartilage, pituicytes, papillary meningiomas, myoepithelial cells of the breast and in non-CNS: Schwann cells, salivary gland neoplasms, enteric glia cells, and metastasizing renal carcinomas.

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Thiazolyl Blue Tetrazolium Blue (MTT) may be used in measurement of cell proliferation. MTT produces a yellowish solution that is converted to dark blue, water-insoluble MTT formazan by mitochondrial dehydrogenases of living cells. The blue crystals are solubilized with acidified isopropanol and the intensity is measured colorimetrically at 570 nm. MTT has been used as a histochemical/cytochemical reagent and for the detection of NAD. ADP-linked enzyme systems in tissue cannot be detected with MTT, due to binding of the cation by the cyanide trap used. MTT is rapidly reduced to the formazan, which chelates with nickel, copper, and cobalt; the cobalt chelate has been used in oxidative systems.