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What are the chemical properties of acridine orange?
Posted March 12, 2024
Answer
Acridine orange is a cell-permeable fluorescent dye with these chemical properties:
- Molecular Formula = C17H19N3
- Molecular Weight = 265.35 g/mol
- Dark orange to brown powder
- Soluble in water, ethanol, and dimethyl sulfoxide
- Produces green fluorescence on binding with DNA and orange fluorescence on binding to RNA and green fluorescence when it binds to DNA
Additional resources
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