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  • Title: Quirks of dye nomenclature. 4. Fuchsine: four shades of magenta.
    Author: Cooksey CJ, Dronsfield AT.
    Journal: Biotech Histochem; 2015 May; 90(4):288-93. PubMed ID: 25555311.
    Abstract:
    Fuchsine, also called magenta, was the second coal tar dye to be produced after mauveine. Fuchsine is composed of a mixture of up to four triphenylmethane dyes that differ only in the number of substituent methyl groups. Unlike mauveine, fuchsine still is widely used today as a biological stain. We describe the progress of fuchsine from its birth as the second coal tar dye, through a variety of modes of manufacture and industrial application, to its current use. We discuss complexities of nomenclature and identification, and the hazards and risks of its various applications.
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