| hydrazine yellow | <chemistry> An artificial dyestuff obtained as an orange-yellow powder, and regarded as a phenyl hydrazine derivative of tartaric and sulphonic acids. Origin: Tartaric + hydrazine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| hydrazine | <chemistry> Any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, resembling the amines and produced by the reduction of certain nitroso and diazo compounds; as, methyl hydrazine, phenyl hydrazine, etc. They are derivatives of hydrazine proper, H2N.NH2, which is a doubled amido group, recently (1887) isolated as a stable, colourless gas, with a peculiar, irritating odour. As a base it forms distinct salts. Synonym: diamide, amidogen, (or more properly diamidogen), etc. Origin: Hydr- + azo- + -ine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| 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) |
| Warburg's old yellow enzyme | <enzyme> A flavoprotein that reversibly oxidises NADPH to NADP and a reduced acceptor. Chemical name: NADPH:(acceptor) oxidoreductase Registry number: EC 1.6.99.1 (12 Dec 1998) |
| corralin yellow | The sodium salt of rosolic acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| naphthol yellow S | 8-Hydroxy-5,7-dinitro-2-naphthalene sulfonic acid;an acid dye used as a stain for basic proteins in microspectro-photometry. (05 Mar 2000) |
| new yellow enzyme | The d-amino-acid oxidase found in yeast, a flavoenzyme, which contains FAD as coenzyme instead of FMN as does NADPH dehydrogenase; so-called to distinguish it from Warburg's old yellow enzyme. Compare: amino acid oxidases. (05 Mar 2000) |