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Safranin
Safranin Saf"ra*nin, n. (Chem.) (a) An orange-red dyestuff extracted from the saffron. [R.] (b) A red dyestuff extracted from the safflower, and formerly used in dyeing wool, silk, and cotton pink and scarlet; -- called also Spanish red, China lake, and carthamin. (c) An orange-red dyestuff prepared from certain nitro compounds of creosol, and used as a substitute for the safflower dye.
safranin
Polychroite Pol"y*chro*ite, n. [Poly- + Gr. ? color: cf. F. polychro["i]te.] (Chem.) The coloring matter of saffron; -- formerly so called because of the change of color on treatment with certain acids; -- called also crocin, and safranin.

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- Safranin (Safranin O or basic red 2) is a biological stain used in histology and cytology. Safranin is used as a counterstain in some staining protocols...
- of ethanol. They are stained pink or red by the counterstain, commonly safranin or fuchsine. Lugol's iodine solution is always added after addition of...
- alcohol removes the crystal violet colour from gram negative organisms only. Safranin as counterstain is used to colour the gram negative organisms that got...
- Category:Azin dyes Category:Eurhodin dyes Category:Safranih dyes, derivates of safranin Indamins Category:Indophenol dyes, derivates of indophenol Category:Oxazin...
- endospores could not be stained using simple stains such as methylene blue, safranin, and carbol fuchsin. These scientists, along with a few others, found out...
- bodies red. The primary stain is malachite green, and the counterstain is safranin, which dyes any other bacterial bodies red. Endospores cannot be stained...
- when safranin is added during the process, they stain red. The Mycoplasmataceae lack a peptidoglycan layer so do not retain crystal violet or safranin, resulting...
- a bacterial outer membrane, causing them to take up the counterstain (safranin or fuchsine) and appear red or pink. Despite their thicker peptidoglycan...
- since it can directly stain endospores within bacterial cells; here a safranin counterstain is often used. Malachite green is a part of Alexander's pollen...
- selectively stain cells. Other compounds used to color tissue sections include safranin, Oil Red O, congo red, silver salts and artificial dyes. Histochemistry...