Trypan Blue solution
SIAL/93595 - 0.4%, suitable for microscopy
CAS Number: 72-57-1
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C34H24N6Na4O14S4
Molecular Weight: 960.81
MDL Number: MFCD00003969
Linear Formula: C34H24N6Na4O14S4
Product Type: Chemical
| εmax | 1.4 at 603 nm in methanol |
| application(s) | diagnostic assay manufacturing hematology histology |
| color | blue to very dark blue |
| concentration | 0.4% |
| density | 1.007 g/mL at 20 °C |
| form | liquid |
| InChI | 1S/C34H28N6O14S4.4Na/c1-1 |
| InChI key | GLNADSQYFUSGOU-UHFFFAOYSA |
| Quality Level | 200 ![]() |
| shelf life | limited shelf life, expiry date on the label |
| SMILES string | [Na+].[Na+].[Na+].[Na+].C |
| storage temp. | room temp |
| suitability | suitable for microscopy |
| technique(s) | microbe id | staining: suitable |
| Application: | Trypan blue applications include:• it is a routinely used for viability testing for diverse cell types including frozen sperm and aortic muscle cells exposed to antifungal agents. • employed as a collagen stain in a Van Gieson procedure • To stain amyloid, Trypan blue is considered as a blue alternative to Congo red in Puchtler-Bennhold stains. • used as a fluorescent tracer of cell populations in embryology • used as a tumor promoter modulating permeability of lysosomal membranes Trypan Blue solution has also been used in the cytotoxity tests and to determine the vital cells for the analysis of cell division. |
| Biochem/physiol Actions: | Trypan Blue is excluded by most living cells, but can be taken into phagocytes and certain other cells. |
| General description: | 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. |
| Physical form: | 0.4% in 0.81% sodium chloride; 0.06% potassium phosphate, dibasic |
| Symbol | GHS08 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H350 |
| Precautionary statements | P201 - P202 - P280 - P308 + P313 - P405 - P501 |
| Hazard Codes | T |
| Risk Statements | 45 |
| Safety Statements | 53-45 |
| RIDADR | NONH for all modes of transport |
| WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| Density | 1.007 g/mL at 20 °C |
| Storage Temp. | room temp |
| UNSPSC | 12171500 |


