Oil Red O
SIAL/O0625 - certified by the BSC
Synonym: 1-
CAS Number: 1320-06-5
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C26H24N4O
Molecular Weight: 408.49
EC Number: 215-295-3
MDL Number: MFCD00003898
Linear Formula: C26H24N4O
Product Type: Chemical
| agency | certified by the BSC |
| application(s) | diagnostic assay manufacturing hematology histology |
| composition | Dye content, ≥75% |
| form | powder |
| InChI | 1S/C26H24N4O/c1-16-9-10-1 |
| InChI key | NPGIHFRTRXVWOY-UHFFFAOYSA |
| mp | 120 °C (dec.) (lit.) |
| Quality Level | 200 ![]() |
| SMILES string | Cc1ccc(C)c(c1)N=Nc2cc(C |
| solubility | chloroform/ethanol (1:1): 1 mg/mL |
| storage temp. | room temp |
| technique(s) | microbe id | staining: suitable |
| Application: | Certified for use as a fat stain in Churukian′s modification of the method of Lillie and Asburn. |
| Application: | Oil Red O has been used for the staining of lipid droplets and lipid-containing vacuoles in cells. |
| Application: | Oil Red O has been used: • for staining liver sections in histological analysis • for the quantification of lipids in cells • to stain aorta to examine atherosclerotic lesions |
| General description: | Oil Red O is a lysochrome. It is used to stain and visualise general localization of fats. |
| General description: | Oil Red O stains lipid materials and the lipids take red-orange color. It also marks vacuoles, particularly observed in ALL-L3 (acute lymphoblastic leukemia) or Burkitt’s lymphoma/leukemia. Oil Red O staining is done on fresh samples, since alcohol fixation removes lipid. |
| Packaging: | 25, 100 g in glass bottle |
| RIDADR | NONH for all modes of transport |
| WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
| mp | 120 °C (dec.) (lit.) |
| Storage Temp. | room temp |
| Colour Index Number | 26125 |
| UNSPSC | 12171500 |

