GRADE & PURITYfor Microscopy?Microscopy grade — reagents/stains suited to sample prep and imaging. Use in microscopy where clarity and low background are needed.
for microscopy for Microscopy for sensitive chromatographic and analytical workflows requiring minimal baseline interference.
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Storage & shipping
Room temperature Ships Normal Check lot-specific COA for exact specifications.
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Quality documents
SDS, COA, datasheet, and spec sheet available for download. Lot-specific COA accessible via lot number lookup.
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Literature proof
Cited in 0 peer-reviewed publications across chromatography, organic synthesis, and cross-coupling reactions.
Overview
Gram’s crystal violet solution, also known as gentian violet or hexamethyl pararosaniline, is a basic, cationic, acidotropic aminoarylmethane dye. It is a hexa-N-methylated triaminotriphenylmethane with a moderately sized lipophilic cation and a slightly nonplanar conjugated system. It is used in bacteriology as the primary stain in Gram staining to differentiate Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. It is known to possess antibacterial and antifungal properties.
Application:
Crystal violet is routinely used for Gram staining and its variants, staining amyloid, bacterial components, and vascular plant tissues.
It is used in polychrome staining of epoxy resin sections, viability staining of cultured neurons, and confocal optical sectioning to analyze meiotic structures.
It is also employed in the acridine orange-crystal violet staining of intracellular bacteria, microsporidian spores, and cytological smears.
Specifications
Specifications & Purity
for microscopy
Biochemical and Physiological Mechanisms
The antimicrobial effects of crystal violet are caused by free radical generation and the formation of unionized dye-bacteria complexes. It also inhibits bacterial protein synthesis and cell wall formation and is especially effective against Gram-posi
Storage
Room temperature
Shipped In
Normal
Grade
for Microscopy
Documentation
📋 Safety Data Sheet (SDS)
Comprehensive hazard, handling, storage, and regulatory compliance document.
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