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Amaranth

Dye content 85-95 %, Powder

Synonym(s):

Acid Red 27, Azorubin S, FD & C Red Dye No. 2

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C20H11N2Na3O10S3
CAS Number:
915-67-3
Molecular Weight:
604.47
UNSPSC Code:
12171500
NACRES:
NA.47
PubChem Substance ID:
24890493
EC Number:
213-022-2
MDL number:
MFCD00004076
Colour Index Number:
16185
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
4122311
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Product Name

Amaranth, Dye content 85-95 %

form

powder

Quality Level

200

composition

Dye content, 85-95%

technique(s)

microbe id | staining: suitable

color

brown to red-brown

pH

9.65 (28 °C, - OECD Test Guideline 122 - alkaline)

mp

>350 °C (at 966.25 hPa)

solubility

H2O: 10 mg/mL

application(s)

diagnostic assay manufacturing
hematology
histology

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

[Na+].[Na+].[Na+].Oc1c(N=Nc2ccc(c3ccccc23)S([O-])(=O)=O)c4ccc(cc4cc1S([O-])(=O)=O)S([O-])(=O)=O

InChI

1S/C20H14N2O10S3.3Na/c23-20-18(35(30,31)32)10-11-9-12(33(24,25)26)5-6-13(11)19(20)22-21-16-7-8-17(34(27,28)29)15-4-2-1-3-14(15)16;;;/h1-10,23H,(H,24,25,26)(H,27,28,29)(H,30,31,32);;;/q;3*+1/p-3

InChI key

WLDHEUZGFKACJH-UHFFFAOYSA-K

Application

Amaranth has been used as a dye for the microscopic visualization of crop contraction in blowflies. It has been used in the electrophoresis gel to track the migration front of the electrode buffer.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Amaranth is an azo dye which is mainly used in the the beverage and food industries. It is also considered as an endocrine disruptor.

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pictograms

Exclamation mark
GHS07

signalword

Warning

hcodes

H319

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

417.2 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

214 °C - closed cup

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Lot/Batch Number
SHBT4135
0000491815
0000491815
0000350007
SHBS1642

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Effect of serotonin and calcium on the supercontractile muscles of the adult blowfly crop.
Liscia A, et al.
Journal of Insect Physiology, 58, 356-356 (2012)
Genotypic and Phenotypic Comparisons of Chromosomal Types within an Indigenous Soil Population of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii.
Leung K, et al.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 60, 416-416 (1994)
Electrochemical and sonoelectrochemical processes applied to amaranth dye degradation.
Steter JR, et al.
Chemosphere, 117, 200-200 (2014)
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