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(organic chemistry) The siderophore 2-hydroxy-4-[(3-{hydroxy[(2E)-2-octenoyl]amino}propyl)amino]-2-{2-[(3-{hydroxy[(2E)-2-octenoyl]amino}propyl)amino]-2-oxoethyl}-4-oxobutanoic acid
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(biochemistry) Relating to, or composed of anthocyanins
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(organic chemistry) A red colouring matter derived from phenol. Used as an indicator.
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A red-violet compound formed by the condensation of diazotized sulfanilic acid with bilirubin in the Van den Bergh reaction.
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collagen that has been impregnated with an azo dye; it is used as a substrate for protease activity assay
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(organic chemistry) A transient intermediate produced from photorhodopsin when rhodopsin is irradiated with light; it immediately forms lumirhodopsin and other products
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(organic chemistry) Any of a family of red azo dyes used for dying cotton
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(organic chemistry) An oxidative metabolite of bilirubin that is a marker of oxidative stress
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A cadmium lithopone pigment.
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Alternative form of carthamin [(organic chemistry) A red pigment obtained from the safflower, Carthamus tinctorius.]
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Alternative form of chromaffin [(cytology) Having an affinity for (and thus being stained brownish yellow) by chromium salts.]
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(chemistry) a golden-yellow azo dye used as a food colouring
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(organic chemistry) Any of several synthetic yellow or scarlet dyestuffs that are diazo and sulphonic acid derivatives of benzene and naphthol.
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Alternative form of crocein [(organic chemistry) Any of several synthetic yellow or scarlet dyestuffs that are diazo and sulphonic acid derivatives of benzene and naphthol.]
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(chemistry) A white crystalline sugar, metameric with glucose, obtained from the colouring matter of saffron.
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(chemistry, obsolete) A deep yellow powder, the oxide of some metal (especially iron), calcined to a red or deep yellow colour.
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(organic chemistry) Synonym of cryptocyanine
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Any of several blue dyes.
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Alternative form of eosin [(organic chemistry) A red, acidic dye commonly used in histological stains.]
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A crystalline substance obtained from diseased bile, which becomes blood-red when acted on by nitric acid or ammonia.
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(biochemistry, now rare) A yellow pigment in plants grown without sufficient light; a precursor of chlorophyll.
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(organic chemistry) Any of a group fluorescent red pigments, found in buckwheat (Fagopyrum), that cause hypersensitivity to sunlight if ingested.
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(biochemistry) A flavoprotein domain
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Alternative spelling of fuchsine [A dye (rosaniline hydrochloride, C₂₀H₁₉N₃·HCl) usually a deep red or magenta colour.]
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(chemistry) Also known as crystal violet, a chemical dye used in the Gram stain test, and is also a fungicide. Chemically: hexamethyl pararosaniline chloride, C₂₅H₃₀ClN₃
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(medicine, archaic) nitroglycerine when used medicinally
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(organic chemistry) A polycyclic polyphenol, extracted from logwood, that is used in cytological staining
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Alternative form of harmaline [The reduced hydrated form of harmine.]
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(organic chemistry) A substance from the yolk of salmon roe.
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(biochemistry) Synonym of iridin
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A yellow pigment, consisting essentially of sulfide and oxide of arsenic.
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A form of fuchsin that has lost its quinonoid structure and is therefore unpigmented.
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The colourless metabolite of malachite green that is retained in muscle tissues
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Any naturally-occurring, fat-soluble pigment such as carotenes or chlorophyll.
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A dye that is fluorescent when oxidised
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(organic chemistry) A reduced form of bilirubin that is the primary pigment of bile acid
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A dye found in kryptocyanine.
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Alternative form of nicotianine [(organic chemistry) A white waxy substance with a hot, bitter taste, extracted from tobacco leaves.]
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A type of ommatin that contains sulfur
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Alternative form of ooxanthin
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An orange azo dye, 1-(m-sulfophenylazo)-2-naphthol-6-sulfonic acid, used as a food colouring
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A highly reducing antioxidant mercaptohistidine, found in high amounts in the eggs of certain marine invertebrates, where it acts to scavenge hydrogen peroxide released during fertilization.
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Alternative form of oxypurinol [An inhibitor of xanthine oxidase.]
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(biochemistry) A polysaccharide extracted from the cell walls of plants, especially of fruits; under acidic conditions it forms a gel. It is often used in processed foods, especially jellies and jams where it causes thickening (setting).
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(biochemistry) A chlorophyll from which the central magnesium atom has been removed
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(dated) A brown pigment found in certain algae.
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(obsolete, organic chemistry) A blue pigment obtained by degradation of chlorophyll.
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(biochemistry) A red pigment obtained from certain lichen
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Synonym of phylloerythrin
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A solution of fuchsin in picric acid, used as a stain for proteins
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(obsolete, organic chemistry) The coloring matter of saffron; -- formerly so called because of the change of color on treatment with certain acids; -- called also crocin, and safranin.
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Any of a group of purple carotenoid pigments, similar to rhodopsin, in the retinas of some fish
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A red pigment in the melanophores of treefrogs
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A red anthraquinone dye, extracted from madder, that is used as a biological stain
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(organic chemistry) A pigment, related to melanin, that results from the catabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine
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(organic chemistry) Any of a class of anthocyanin that develop in red wine during fermentation
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(organic chemistry, biochemistry) A fat-soluble carotenoid vitamin (vitamin A), present in fish oils and green vegetables, essential to normal vision and to bone development.
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Alternative spelling of rhodamine [(chemistry) Any of a class of pink to red polycyclic fluorone dyes.]
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(chemistry) A yellow dye used as a food colouring.
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Alternative form of roccellin [A red dyestuff, the sodium salt of a complex azo derivative of naphtol.]
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A red dye formed by the reaction of curcumin with borates in the presence of oxalic acid.
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An inorganic dye used in histology to stain aldehyde-fixed mucopolysaccharides
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Alternative form of safranin [A biological stain used in histology and cytology.]
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Alternative form of safranin [A biological stain used in histology and cytology.]
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A biological stain used in histology and cytology.
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any of a class of red to blue azine dyes
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Alternative form of safrole [(organic chemistry) A colourless to yellow liquid, a component of sassafras oil and brown camphor oil, with pesticidal properties.]
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(organic chemistry) A polycyclic pigment present in many cyanobacteria
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Alternative form of secalin [(biochemistry) Any of a family of prolamin glycoproteins present in rye]
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(informal) Six artificial food dyes, a mixture of which was studied by researchers at Southampton University (results published in 2007), who found a possible link between these dyes and a sodium benzoate preservative and increased hyperactivity in children consuming them. The dyes are: tartrazine, Allura Red AC, ponceau 4R, Quinoline Yellow WS, sunset yellow, and carmoisine.
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(biochemistry) A tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, one of the end products of heme catabolism, responsible for the brown colour of human faeces
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(chemistry, dated) A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, found in the tubers of the Jerusalem artichoke, in the dahlia, and in other Compositae.
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A biological stain composed of a mixture of fast green, celestine blue and fuchsin
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The red pigment zoonerythrin.
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Obsolete spelling of tropaeolin [Any of several orange dyes of very complex composition: tropaeolin O (acid orange 6, chrysoine resorcinol), tropaeolin OO (acid orange 5), or tropaeolin OOO (acid orange 7).]
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(organic chemistry) A red pigment and pulvinic acid derivative found in many members of the Boletales.
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Alternative form of xanthan [(biochemistry) A polysaccharide, consisting of galactose and mannose residues, produced by the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris]
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(biochemistry) xanthosine monophosphate
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visual yellow; any of a form of visual purple that has been bleached by exposure to light
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A red carotenoid pigment present in the feathers of some birds.
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(zoology) Alternative spelling of zooerythrin [A red carotenoid pigment present in the feathers of some birds.]
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