| GFAP | glial fibrillary acidic protein |
|---|---|
| IAP | immunosuppressive acidic protein; inosinic acid pyrophosphorylase; Institute of Animal Physiology; i... |
| IAS | immunosuppressive acidic substance; infant apnea syndrome; insulin autoimmune syndrome; interatrial ... |
| SPARC | cysteine-rich acidic secreted protein |
| phthalein dyes | Coloured condensation products of phenols with phthalic anhydride; some are used in dye dilution methods to determine kidney or liver function; others are used as pH indicators in chemistry; phenolphthalein is an effective mild cathartic. (12 Dec 1998) |
|---|---|
| hair dyes | Dyes used as cosmetics to change hair colour either permanently or temporarily. (12 Dec 1998) |
| xanthene dyes | Derivatives of the compound xanthene; include the pyronins, rhodamines, and fluoresceins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| natural dyes | Dye's obtained from animals or plants; examples include carmine, obtained from cochineal in the dried female insect Dactylopius cacti of Central America, and haematoxylin, extracted from the bark of the logwood tree Haematoxylon campechianum in the Caribbean area. (05 Mar 2000) |
| synthetic dyes | Organic dye compounds originally derived from coal-tar derivatives; presently produced by synthesis from benzene and its derivatives; examples include eosin, methylene blue, and fluorescein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diphenylmethane dyes | Dye's in which the central carbon connecting two phenyl groups lacks an amino or imino group; the chromophore is the quinoid ring; an alternative formulation is as a ketonimide; the most common example is auramine O. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dyes | Coloured chemical substances that impart more or less permanent colour to other materials. They are used for staining and colouring, as test reagents, and as therapeutic agents in medicine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| oxazin dyes | Similar to azin dye's except that one of the connecting N atoms is replaced by O; most important representatives are brilliant cresyl blue, orcein, litmus, and cresyl violet. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thiazin dyes | Similar to azin dye's except that one of the connecting N atoms is replaced by S; includes many important biological stains, especially in haematology, e.g., azure A, azure B, and methylene blue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| triphenylmethane dyes | A group of dye's that includes pararosanilin, as well as many others used in histology and cytology; employed as nuclear, cytoplasmic, and connective tissue stains; important in histochemistry as in the preparation of Schiff's reagent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ketonimine dyes | Dye's in which the chromophore is ==C==NH connected to two benzene rings; alkylamino groups are added para to the methane carbon on both rings. The most important member for biological purposes is auramine O; an alternative formulation is as a diphenylmethane dye. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fluorescent dyes | Dyes that emit light when exposed to light. The wave length of the emitted light is usually longer than that of the incident light. Fluorochromes are substances that cause fluorescence in other substances, i.e., dyes used to mark or label other compounds with fluorescent tags. They are used as markers in biochemistry and immunology. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lissamine green dyes | Green dyes containing ammonium and aryl sulfonate moieties that facilitate the visualization of tissues, if given intravenously. They have mostly been used in the study of kidney physiology. (12 Dec 1998) |