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Indigo carmine

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

Acid Blue 74, Indigo-5,5′-disulfonic acid disodium salt, Indigocarmine

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C16H8N2Na2O8S2
CAS Number:
860-22-0
Molecular Weight:
466.35
Colour Index Number:
73015
Beilstein:
4103904
EC Number:
212-728-8
MDL number:
MFCD00005723
UNSPSC Code:
85151701
PubChem Substance ID:
329764894
E Number:
E132
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

100

Assay

≥97.0% (HPLC)

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

SMILES string

[Na+].[Na+].[O-]S(=O)(=O)c1ccc2NC(\C(=O)c2c1)=C3\Nc4ccc(cc4C3=O)S([O-])(=O)=O

InChI

1S/C16H10N2O8S2.2Na/c19-15-9-5-7(27(21,22)23)1-3-11(9)17-13(15)14-16(20)10-6-8(28(24,25)26)2-4-12(10)18-14;;/h1-6,17-18H,(H,21,22,23)(H,24,25,26);;/q;2*+1/p-2/b14-13+;;

InChI key

KHLVKKOJDHCJMG-QDBORUFSSA-L

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General description

Indigo carmine (IC), a synthetic indigoid dye, belongs to the class of food dyes used to impart colorless foodstuffs a more characteristic appearance as well as to change the original color, texture of the food products and maintain natural color during processing and storage of food products.
This product is provided by Sigma-Aldrich, as a neat standard for the precise quality control of food products. In the European Union, E numbers are used as codes for food color additives. E numbers 100-199 include not only artificial food colors derived from petroleum, but also natural additives originating from sources such as vegetables, insects or mixtures made from natural foodstuffs. IC is widely used in a variety of food products including fruit juices, bread, smoked fish, sweets, tomatoes, catsup, dairy, skim milk products, etc.

Application

Indigo carmine may be used as a test material to investigate its interaction with the calf thymus DNA in physiological buffer (pH 7.4) with the use of ethidium bromide (EB) dye as a fluorescence probe by spectroscopic studies. It may be used as an analytical reagent for spectrophotometric determination of pantoprazole sodium sesquihydrate (PNT) in pure form and dosage forms using a bromide-bromide mixture. IC may also be used as an analytical reference standard for the quantification of the analyte in food products using microemulsion electrokinetic chromatography (MEEKC).
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Packaging

Bottomless glass bottle. Contents are inside inserted fused cone.

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Pictograms

Exclamation mark
GHS07

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

H317

Hazard Classifications

Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

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Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Lot/Batch Number
BCCC9643
BCBT7318
BCBD1142V
BCBD1142

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Spectroscopic studies of DNA interactions with food colorant indigo carmine with the use of ethidium bromide as a fluorescence probe
Ma Y, et al.
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 60(43), 10867-10875 (2012)
Determination of food colorants by microemulsion electrokinetic chromatography
Huang Y-H, et al.
Electrophoresis, 26(4-5), 867-877 (2005)
O Dohi et al.
Digestion, 86(2), 161-170 (2012-08-15)
To evaluate the usefulness of flexible spectral imaging color enhancement with indigo carmine (I-FICE) in early gastric cancer (EGC) demarcation. The study participants were 29 patients with differentiated-type EGC. The endoscope was fixed and images of the same area of
Three-dimensional staining of liver segments with an ultrasound contrast agent as an aid to anatomic liver resection.
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