(Basic Blue 12, Nile Blue Sulfate)
CAS #3625-57-8 (C₂₀H₂₀N₃O)₂SO₄ F.W. 732.84
Solubility: 6.0% Water; 5.0% Alcohol; 5.0% Cellosolve; 5.0% Glycol; 0.25% Xylene
Differentiates melamins and lipofuscins; Used in fat staining. Lillie, Stain Tech., 31,151 (1956); J. Histochem., 4,377; Z. Anal. Chem. 260, 290 (1972). For staining bone sections. Cytologia, 11, 261 (1940)