Luxol® fast blue solution
SIGMA/L0294
Synonym: Solvent blue 38
Product Type: Chemical
| application(s) | diagnostic assay manufacturing hematology histology |
| density | 0.800 g/cm3 |
| form | liquid |
| Quality Level | 100 ![]() |
| storage temp. | room temp |
| technique(s) | microbe id | staining: suitable |
| Application: | Ready-to-use stain for myelin and phospholipids. Luxol® fast blue solution has been used to stain brain tissue in order to analyse the degree of demyelination. It has also been used in histological analysis of adult zebrafish cord, to study time course after injury. |
| General description: | Luxol® fast blue solution is a copper phthalocyanine preferred for staining myelin in paraffin processed tissue. Its use is restricted to the tissues of the central nervous system. |
| Legal Information: | Luxol is a registered trademark of Rohm and Haas Co. |
| Symbol | ![]() ![]() GHS02,GHS07,GHS08 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H225 - H319 - H371 |
| Precautionary statements | P210 - P305 + P351 + P338 - P308 + P311 |
| Hazard Codes | Xn |
| Risk Statements | 20/21/22-68/20/21/22 |
| Safety Statements | 36/37 |
| RIDADR | UN1170 - class 3 - PG 2 - Ethanol, solution |
| WGK Germany | WGK 2 |
| Flash Point(F) | 57.2 °F - closed cup |
| Flash Point(C) | 14.0 °C - closed cup |
| Density | 0.800 g/cm3 |
| Storage Temp. | room temp |
| UNSPSC | 12171500 |




