Evans Blue
SIGMA/E2129 - Dye content ≥75 %
Synonym: Direct Blue 53
CAS Number: 314-13-6
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C34H24N6Na4O14S4
Molecular Weight: 960.81
EC Number: 206-242-5
MDL Number: MFCD00004021
Linear Formula: C34H24N6Na4O14S4
Product Type: Chemical
| application(s) | diagnostic assay manufacturing hematology histology |
| composition | Dye content, ≥75% |
| form | powder |
| InChI | 1S/C34H28N6O14S4.4Na/c1-1 |
| InChI key | ATNOAWAQFYGAOY-GPTZEZBUSA |
| Quality Level | 200 ![]() |
| SMILES string | [Na+].[Na+].[Na+].[Na+].C |
| storage temp. | room temp |
| technique(s) | titration: suitable |
| Application: | Evans blue is a well-known vital stain with applications in histology and fluorescent microscopy. Evans blue has been used to check cell viability and study blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability. Additional applications include the demonstration of specific pituitary cell types, selective staining of neutrophil plasma membranes, and fluorescence microscopy as a quenching agent to suppress unwanted autofluorescence. |
| Biochem/physiol Actions: | Evans blue is a non-permeating dye. In presence of plasma membrane damage, the dye enters in the cytoplasm and nucleus, thereby staining them blue. Evans blue is used for checking cell viability. It is also used to study BBB (blood-brain barrier) permeability. The dye binds to albumin and hence indicates BBB breakdown to protein. |
| General description: | Evans blue (EB) C.I. 23860 is a synthetic bis-azo dye also known as T-1824 and Direct Blue 53. EB dye with higher water solubility has a strong affinity towards serum albumin, making it a high molecular weight protein tracer. |
| Packaging: | 10, 50, 100 g in glass bottle |
| 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 |
| Storage Temp. | room temp |
| Colour Index Number | 23860 |
| UNSPSC | 12171500 |


