Is there another name for Lissamine Fast Red?
under this name in any dye catalog. Answers. Five or six people identified at least three different dyes in the answers to this HistoNet query in August 1998. This emphasizes the importance of identifying dyes by Colour Index numbers whenever possible. A name like “Lissamine” has no chemical significance and may be attached to widely differing compounds! Some opinions follow (mine is No. 3). Probably all are correct, and there are different uses for the simlarly named dyes. J. A. Kiernan 1. Another name for Lissamine Fast Red is Acid Red 37. You can try BDH with next Cat no 341772K and it comes in 25 gram containers. 2. I suspect that the dye you’re looking for is Sulforhodamine B, also known as Lissamine rhodamine B 200, Acid rhodamine B. The dyers assoc. refer to it as C.I.Acid Red 52. Its C.I.Number is C.I. 45100. 3. The nearest entry in Conn’s Biological Stains (9th ed,, 1977) is amidonaphthol red 5B (C.I. 18055, Acid violet 7). Synonyms include lissamine red 6B and many others. Th
