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Carmine
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Definition
: Coloring matter from the insect Coccus cacti L. It is used in foods, pharmaceuticals, toiletries, etc., as a dye, and also has use as a microscopic stain and biological marker.
D25-26 qualif
Pharmacological Action
Coloring Agents
;
Food Coloring Agents
Other names
Natural Red 4; Coccinellin; C.I. 75470
Substance
CAS Registry & name
Categories
Source
Drugs
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myrrhine
0
Carmine/*analogs & derivatives
Alkaloids.
J Org Chem. 2007 Mar 30;72(7):2476-84
aceto-
carmine
0
Carmine/*analogs & derivatives.
J Helminthol 1992 Sep;66(3):238-40
picrocarmine
0
Carmine/*analogs & derivatives.
Stain Technol 1990;65(4):197
osmium carmine
91254-20-5 Osmium carmine
*Carmine
*Organometallic Compounds
Osmium.
Surgery 1983;94(6):877
mucicarmine
51395-97-2
*Carmine.
Can Med Assoc J 1981;124(7):891
carminic acid
476-39-1
Carmine/*analogs & derivatives.
Pharma Action
Coloring Agents