Fluorescein

CAS: 2321-07-5 | C20H12O5 | 332.31 g/mol

Catalog Number	Quantity
ALFL13251.22	100 g

Catalog number ALFL13251.22

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Specifications

Chemical Name or MaterialFluorescein

CAS2321-07-5

Health Hazard 1H319

Health Hazard 2GHS H Statement
H319
Causes serious eye irritation.

Health Hazard 3P264b-P280i-P305+P351+P338

Fluorescein is used as a fluorescent tracer for many applications including in a type of dye laser as the gain medium, in forensics and serology to detect latent blood stains and in dye tracing. It is used to localise multiple muscular ventricular septal defects during open heart surgery and confirm the presence of any residual defects. It is applied to teeth to reveal plaque.

This Thermo Scientific Chemicals brand product was originally part of the Alfa Aesar product portfolio. Some documentation and label information may refer to the legacy brand. The original Alfa Aesar product / item code or SKU reference has not changed as a part of the brand transition to Thermo Scientific Chemicals.

Solubility
Slightly soluble in water and alcohol.

Notes
Incompatibles with strong oxidizing agents. Moisture sensitive.

RUO – Research Use Only

General References:

Akram, A. C.; Noman, S.; Moniri-Javid, R.; Gizicki, J. P.; Reed, E. A.; Singh, S. B.; Basu, A. S.; Banno, F.; Fujimoto, M.; Ram, J. L. Development of an automated ballast water treatment verification system utilizing fluorescein diacetate hydrolysis as a measure of treatment efficacy. Water Res. 2015, 70, 404-413.
Tichauer, K. M.; Guthrie, M.; Hones, L.; Sinha, L.; St. Lawrence, K.; Kang-Mieler, J. J. Quantitative retinal blood flow mapping from fluorescein videoangiography using tracer kinetic modeling. Opt. Lett. 2015, 40 (10), 2169-2172.