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R2751

Ruthenium Red

Powder

Synonym(s):

Ammoniated ruthenium oxychloride

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Linear Formula:
[(NH3)5RuORu(NH3)4ORu(NH3)5]Cl6
CAS Number:
11103-72-3
Molecular Weight:
786.35
NACRES:
NA.47
PubChem Substance ID:
24278675
UNSPSC Code:
12171500
MDL number:
MFCD00011479
Colour Index Number:
77800
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Product Name

Ruthenium Red, Technical grade

Quality Level

200

assay

34-39% (RUTHENIUM, ICP)

form

powder

technique(s)

microbe id | staining: suitable

solubility

water: 10 mg/mL

εmax

≥150 at 533-534 nm

application(s)

diagnostic assay manufacturing
hematology
histology

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

N.N.N.N.N.N.N.N.N.N.N.N.N.N.[Cl-].[Cl-].[Cl-].[Cl-].[Cl-].[Cl-].[Ru++]O[Ru++]O[Ru++]

InChI

1S/6ClH.14H3N.2O.3Ru/h6*1H;14*1H3;;;;;/q;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;3*+2/p-6

InChI key

ZXYSDUPLHOJIOR-UHFFFAOYSA-H

General description

Ruthenium Red is a hexavalent polysaccharide stain. It inhibits mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter. It is a capsaicin antagonist and blocks vanilloid receptor-1 (VR-1)-coupled ion channels.

Application

Ruthenium Red has been used for microscopic characterization of cotton tip morphology. It has also been used as a TRPV2 channel blocker.
Inhibits mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter; capsaicin antagonist; blocks VR1 vanilloid receptor-coupled ion channels.

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pictograms

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GHS07

signalword

Warning

hcodes

H302

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Lot/Batch Number
BCCP5361
BCCL4574
BCCM5302
BCCJ8828
BCCH7874

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Cotton fiber tips have diverse morphologies and show evidence of apical cell wall synthesis
Michael R. Stiff and Candace H. Haigler
Scientific Reports (2016)
Identification of an Aspartic Residue in the P-loop of the Vanilloid Receptor That Modulates Pore Properties*
Carolina Garcia-MArtinez
The Journal of Biological Chemistry (2000)
TRPC1/TRPC3 channels mediate lysophosphatidylcholine-induced apoptosis in cultured human coronary artery smooth muscles cells
Yuan Wang
Oncotarget, 7(32) (2016)
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