Water_blue

Water blue

Water blue

Chemical compound


Water blue, also known as aniline blue, Acid blue 22, Soluble Blue 3M, Marine Blue V, or C.I. 42755, is a chemical compound used as a stain in histology. Water blue stains collagen blue in tissue sections. It is soluble in water and slightly soluble in ethanol.

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Water blue is also available in mixture with methyl blue, under the names Aniline Blue WS, Aniline blue, China blue, or Soluble blue.[1][2]

It can be used in the Mallory's trichrome stain of connective tissue and Gömöri trichrome stain of muscle tissue. It is used in differential staining.[3]

See also


References

  1. Lillie, R. D. (1969). "H. J. Conn's Biological stains : a handbook on the nature and uses of the dyes employed in the biological laboratory". Trove (National Library of Australia). Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  2. Nowicki, Marcin; et al. (15 May 2013), "A simple dual stain for detailed investigations of plant-fungal pathogen interactions", Vegetable Crops Research Bulletin, 77, Vegetable Crops Research bulleting, InHort & Versita: 61–74, doi:10.2478/v10032-012-0016-z

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