Product code RXSOL-60-6604-351Category Lab Chemical

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Product description

Congo red is used for staining in amyloidosis, and for the cell walls of plants and fungi, 
and for the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria.
 Apple-green birefringence of Congo red stained preparations under polarized light is indicative of the presence of amyloid fibrils.

Applications

Congo Red is the sodium salt of benzidinediazo-bis-1-naphthylamine-4-sulfonic acid; a diazo dye that is red in alkaline solution and blue in acid solution and used especially as an indicator and as a biological stain. Congo Red is an indicator dye that is blue-violet at pH 3.0 and red at pH 5.0.

Also known as

CONGO RED INDICATOR FOR MICROSCOPY

Notes

The mentioned formulation is only one of the ways of preparing the dye solution. Congo Red is the most commonly used dye in Highman and
Puchtler methods. Depending on personal requests and standard laboratory operating procedures, the dye solution can be prepared according to other protocols .
other protocols. The mentioned formulation is only one of the ways of preparing the dye solution. Congo Red is the most commonly used dye in Highman and
Puchtler methods. Depending on personal requests and standard laboratory operating procedures, the dye solution can be prepared according to
other protocols. 

Where we supply

Oman. Stocked at our warehouse in Barka, South Al Batinah, and supplied to Muscat, Ruwi, Mutrah, Seeb, Rusayl, Barka, Sohar, Shinas, Saham, Buraimi, Nizwa, Ibri, Sur, Salalah, Duqm, Khasab and every other governorate.

Ports and free zones. Port Sultan Qaboos (Mutrah), Mina Al Fahal, Sohar Port and Freezone, Port of Salalah and Salalah Free Zone, Port of Duqm and the Duqm Special Economic Zone, Port of Sur, Khasab Port and Al Mazunah Free Zone.

Industrial areas. Rusayl, Sohar, Barka (Sanaya), Raysut (Salalah), Nizwa, Sur, Buraimi and Duqm industrial estates, Knowledge Oasis Muscat, and oil and gas sites across Oman.

Beyond Oman. We have branches in the UAE (including Fujairah) and in India (Kandla, Kolkata, Visakhapatnam, Chennai and Mumbai), and we also supply to South Africa.