二甲酚橙 四钠盐

一般描述

Xylenol Orange tetrasodium salt is an acid dye or a vital stain, that is used as a fluorescent marker of bone growth. It has six potentially anionic substituents, one being sulfonate. This compound is anionic under staining conditions and during most laboratory applications.

应用

Xylenol orange has been used for marking calcification in developing bone and other hard tissues. Such applications are still reported, as in a study of bone injury and repair. It is also suitable for use in a fluorescent histochemical method for the detection of alkaline phosphatase.Xylenol orange tetrasodium salt has been used in FBX (ferrous benzoic xylenon orange) gel preparation to study the effects of MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) parameters on image quality.