| alizarin | <chemistry> A colouring principle, C14H6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially from anthracene. It produces the Turkish reds. Origin: F. Alizarine, fr. Alizari. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| alizarin cyanin | Disulfonate of hexahydroxyanthraquinone;an acid dye used as a nuclear stain after mordanting and as a fluorochrome in ultraviolet microscopy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alizarin indicator | A solution consisting of 1 g sodium alizarin sulfonate dissolved in 100 cc distilled water; used as an indicator for free acidity in gastric contents. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alizarin purpurin | <protein> Heparin binding protein (20 kD) released by chick neural retina cells in culture. (18 Nov 1997) |
| alizarin red S | Sodium alizarin sulfonate;used as a stain for calcium in bone (calcium appears red-orange, magnesium, aluminum, and barium are varying shades of red), in the determination of fluorine; as a pH indicator it changes from yellow to purple between pH 3.7 and 5.2. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acridine yellow | A faintly yellow solution with strong bluish-violet fluorescence; used as a topical antiseptic and as a fluorescent stain in histology. Synonym: 5-aminoacridine hydrochloride, 9-aminoacridine hydrochloride. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acute yellow atrophy of the liver | A lesion in which there is extensive and rapid death of parenchymal cells of the liver, sometimes with fatty degeneration of the size of the organ; the necrosis may result from fulminant viral infection or chemical poisoning; associated with jaundice. Synonym: acute parenchymatous hepatitis, Rokitansky's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brilliant yellow | An indicator dye that changes from yellow to orange or red at pH 6.4 to 8.0. (05 Mar 2000) |
| butter yellow | C6H5N:NC6H4N(CH3)2;a fat-soluble yellow dye (MW 225) that has hepatic carcinogenic action in experimental animals; used as an indicator of pH (red, at pH 2.9, yellow at pH 4.0). Synonym: dimethylaminoazobenzene, methyl yellow. (05 Mar 2000) |
| martius yellow | C10H6N2O5; 2,4-dinitro-alpha-naphthol;an acid dye used as a plasma stain in plant and animal histology, and as a light filter for photomicrography. Origin: Karl A. Martius, Ger. Chemist, *1920 (05 Mar 2000) |
| Paris yellow | A fine yellow powder used in paints and dyes. Synonym: lead chromate, Leipzig yellow, lemon yellow, Paris yellow. (05 Mar 2000) |
| visual yellow | The orange retinaldehyde resulting from the action of light on the rhodopsin of the retina, which converts the 11-cis-retinal component of the rhodopsin to all-trans-retinal plus opsin. Synonym: trans-retinal, visual yellow. (05 Mar 2000) |
| metanil yellow | A monoazo acid dye, C18H14N3O3SNa, used as a cytoplasmic and connective tissue stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| methyl yellow | C6H5N:NC6H4N(CH3)2;a fat-soluble yellow dye (MW 225) that has hepatic carcinogenic action in experimental animals; used as an indicator of pH (red, at pH 2.9, yellow at pH 4.0). Synonym: dimethylaminoazobenzene, methyl yellow. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chrome yellow | A fine yellow powder used in paints and dyes. Synonym: lead chromate, Leipzig yellow, lemon yellow, Paris yellow. (05 Mar 2000) |