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May-Grunwald Giemsa

under Eosine Yellowish-(YS)
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More on Eosine Yellowish-(YS) Definition: A versatile red dye used in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, textiles, etc., and as tissue stain, vital stain, and counterstain with HEMATOXYLIN. It is also used in special culture media.  D25-26 qualif; DF: note short X ref    Other names Tetrabromofluorescein; Eosine Yellowish; Eosin; Eosine Yellowish-(YS), Potassium, Sodium Salt; Eosine Yellowish-(YS), Dipotassium Salt; Eosine; Eosin (yellowish) (free acid); C.I. Acid Red 87; Acid Red 87; Eosin Y
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
May-Grunwald Giemsa [ May-Grunwald Giemsa stain ]
  alcoholic mixture of above cpds; used for staining bone marrow
0   *Eosine Yellowish-(YS) *Methylene Blue Indicators and Reagents Staining and Labeling
Pharma Action Coloring Agents
Basic Appl Histochem 1984;28(3):265

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