Gentian violet
Crystal Violet is a dye that is a mixture of violet rosanilinis with antibacterial, antifungal, and anthelmintic properties. Crystal Violet is a component of Gram staining that allows one to recognize the difference between gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria with differential staining. The compound helps to assess bacterial contamination of tissue culture samples. The staining response is due to the difference in the chemical and structural composition of the cell walls in different bacteria.
read moreBy Oman Chemical Technical Team
on 03 Dec 2022