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rhodamine B

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rhodamine B [′rōd·ə‚mēn ′bē]
(organic chemistry)
C28H31ClN2O3Red, green, or reddish-violet powder, soluble in alcohol and water; forms bluish red, fluorescent solution in water; used as red dye for paper, wool, and silk, and as an analytical reagent and biological stain.


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Rhodamine B is used as the dye because of its fluorescence at the excitation wavelength of 514 nm.
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Even 24 hours after contact with the nitromusk called musk xylene or the polycyclic musks branded galaxolide and tonalide, mussel tissues absorbed and retained significantly more rhodamine B than usual.
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The dye reflects efflux transporter activity; finding rhodamine B in the tissue would indicate the transporters were failing.
A whiff of danger: synthetic musks may encourage toxic bioaccumulation by Washam, Cynthia / Environmental Health Perspectives
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