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Carmine

Name: Carmine
Brand: SIAL

Dye content: minimum not established , certified by the Biological Stain Commission, powder

Synonym(s):

Alum lake of carminic acid, Cochineal, Nacarat, Natural Red 4

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CAS Number:

1390-65-4

Colour Index Number:

75470

MDL number:

MFCD32869252

UNSPSC Code:

12171500

NACRES:

NA.47

EC Number:

215-724-4

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Properties

Product Name

Carmine, certified by the BSC

Quality Level

200

agency

certified by the BSC

form

powder

composition

Dye content: minimum has not been established

color

red

solubility

1 mg/mL, red (2 N NH₄OH)

application(s)

diagnostic assay manufacturing
hematology
histology

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

O1C(C(C(C(C1c2c(c3c(c(c2O)O)C(=O)c4c(c(c(c(c4)O)C(=O)O)C)C3=O)O)O)O)O)CO

InChI

1S/C22H20O13/c1-4-8-5(2-6(24)9(4)22(33)34)13(25)10-11(15(8)27)16(28)12(18(30)17(10)29)21-20(32)19(31)14(26)7(3-23)35-21/h2,7,14,19-21,23-24,26,28-32H,3H2,1H3,(H,33,34)

InChI key

DGQLVPJVXFOQEV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

Carmine is a red compound and is commonly used with aluminum, iron or other metal salts to enhance its activity. During smear preparation, carmine is required for chromatin staining in fresh material. In presence of aluminum chloride, it is required for the staining of glycogen.

Application

Carmine has been used for the staining of mammary glands. It has also been used for the staining of chromosomes.

Certified for use in Orth′s lithium carbonate technique, Southgate′s mucicarmine method, and Best′s carmine for glycogen

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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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Genetic background affects susceptibility to mammary hyperplasias and carcinomas in Apc(min)/+ mice.

Moser AR, et al.

Cancer Research, 61, 3480-3480 (2001)

Precocious differentiation of the virgin Wistar-Kyoto rat mammary gland.

Benton ME, et al.

Endocrinology, 140, 2659-2659 (1999)

Methods in Mammary Gland Biology and Breast Cancer Research (2000)

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Global Trade Item Number

SKU	GTIN
C6152-25G	04061833510865