Definition of Safranine. Meaning of Safranine. Synonyms of Safranine

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Definition of Safranine

Safranine
Safranine Saf"ra*nine (? or ?), n. [So called because used as a substitute for safranin.] (Chem.) An orange-red nitrogenous dyestuff produced artificially by oxidizing certain aniline derivatives, and used in dyeing silk and wool; also, any one of the series of which safranine proper is the type.

Meaning of Safranine from wikipedia

- types. Safranin is also used as redox indicator in analytical chemistry. Safranines are the azonium compounds of symmetrical 2,8-dimethyl-3,7-diaminophe****ne...
- specific fluorescent stain commonly used in fluorescence microscopy. Safranine (or Safranine O) is a red cationic dye. It binds to nuclei (DNA) and other tissue...
- Perkin showed mauveine B related to safranines by oxidative/reductive loss of the p-tolyl group. In fact, safranine is a 2,8-dimethyl phe****nium salt...
- substance of many dyestuffs, such as the toluylene red, indulines, and safranines (and the closely related eurhodines). Phe****ne crystallizes in yellow...
- chemistry in general. Other aniline dyes followed, such as fuchsine, safranine, and induline. Many thousands of synthetic dyes have since been prepared...
- quantities of aniline and ortho- and para-toluidines; and aniline oil for safranine, which contains aniline and ortho-toluidine and is obtained from the distillate...