Azure A, the Glossary
Azure A is an organic compound with the chemical formula C14H14ClN3S.[1]
Table of Contents
6 relations: Chemical compound, Chemical formula, Dye, Giemsa stain, Glycosaminoglycan, Lysosome.
- Thiazine dyes
Chemical compound
A chemical compound is a chemical substance composed of many identical molecules (or molecular entities) containing atoms from more than one chemical element held together by chemical bonds.
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Chemical formula
A chemical formula is a way of presenting information about the chemical proportions of atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound or molecule, using chemical element symbols, numbers, and sometimes also other symbols, such as parentheses, dashes, brackets, commas and plus (+) and minus (−) signs.
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Dye
A dye is a colored substance that chemically bonds to the substrate to which it is being applied.
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Giemsa stain
Giemsa stain, named after German chemist and bacteriologist Gustav Giemsa, is a nucleic acid stain used in cytogenetics and for the histopathological diagnosis of malaria and other parasites.
Glycosaminoglycan
Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) or mucopolysaccharides are long, linear polysaccharides consisting of repeating disaccharide units (i.e. two-sugar units).
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Lysosome
A lysosome is a single membrane-bound organelle found in many animal cells.
See also
Thiazine dyes
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azure_A
Also known as Asym-Dimethylthionine Chloride, C14H14ClN3S, Methylene Azure A.