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Polycyclic Compounds > Spiro Compounds > Fluoresceins > Erythrosine
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Preferred term

Erythrosine  

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Entry terms

  • 2',4',5',7'-Tetraiodofluorescein
  • Erythrosin
  • Erythrosin B
  • Erythrosine B
  • F D & C #3
  • FD & C Red No. 3
  • FDC Red No. 3

Note

  • do not confuse with Erythrocin, a brand of ERYTHROMYCIN

Scope note

  • A tetraiodofluorescein used as a red coloring in some foods (cherries, fish), as a disclosure of DENTAL PLAQUE, and as a stain of some cell types. It has structural similarity to THYROXINE.

History note

  • 91(79); was see under FLUORESCEINS 1979-90

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