CRYSTAL VIOLET, GRAM
CRYSTAL VIOLET, GRAM Basic information
- Product Name:
- CRYSTAL VIOLET, GRAM
- Synonyms:
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- CRYSTAL VIOLET, GRAM SOLUTION
- CRYSTAL VIOLET, GRAM
- GRAM'S CRYSTAL VIOLET
- GRAM'S CRYSTAL VIOLET SOLUTION
- GRAM STAIN
- MW:
- 0
- Product Categories:
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- Staining Solutions for Gram Staining
- Microscopy Reagents and Kits
- Staining Solutions
- Mol File:
- Mol File
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CRYSTAL VIOLET, GRAM Chemical Properties
- Density
- 0.981 g/mL at 20 °C
- Flash point:
- 34 °C
- storage temp.
- room temp
- form
- liquid
- color
- purple to very dark purple
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Safety Information
- Hazard Codes
- Xn,N
- Risk Statements
- 10-52/53-51/53-40
- Safety Statements
- 16-60-61-36/37
- RIDADR
- UN 1170 3/PG 2
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CRYSTAL VIOLET, GRAM Usage And Synthesis
Uses
- Crystal violet is routinely used for Gram staining and its variants, staining amyloid, bacterial components, and vascular plant tissues.
- It is used in polychrome staining of epoxy resin sections, viability staining of cultured neurons, and confocal optical sectioning to analyze meiotic structures.
- It is also employed in the acridine orange-crystal violet staining of intracellular bacteria, microsporidian spores, and cytological smears.
Biological Activity
The antimicrobial effects of crystal violet are caused by free radical generation and the formation of unionized dye-bacteria complexes. It also inhibits bacterial protein synthesis and cell wall formation and is especially effective against Gram-positive bacteria.