Common Name: Acridine orange
Suggested Name: Acridine orange
Other Names:
–
C.I. Number: 46005
C.I. Name: Basic orange 14
Color: Yellow
Solubility Aqueous: Readily
Solubility Ethanol: Readily
Absorption Maximum: 497, 467 (Conn)489 (Aldrich)539 (Gurr)
Empirical Formula: C17H20N3Cl
Formula Weight: 301.8
Description
Acridine orange has been recommended as a fluorochrome to differentiate between DNA (green fluorescence) and RNA (red fluorescence). It also makes a good fluorescent Schiff reagent.
References
Conn’s Biological Stains
Originally published by: The Blakiston Co.
Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD., U.S.A.
Synthetic dyes in biology, medicine and chemistry
Academic Press, London, England.
Aldrich Chemical Company, Milwaukee, WI, USA.