Anthrapurpurin, or 1,2,7-trihydroxyanthraquinone, is a purple dye used in
histology
Histology,
also known as microscopic anatomy or microanatomy, is the branch of biology which studies the microscopic anatomy of biological tissues. Histology is the microscopic counterpart to gross anatomy, which looks at larger structures vis ...
for the detection of calcium.
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See also
* Alizarin
* Purpurin
* Trihydroxyanthraquinone A trihydroxyanthraquinone or trihydroxyanthracenedione is any of several isomeric organic compounds with formula , formally derived from anthraquinone by replacing three hydrogen atoms by hydroxyl groups. They include several historically important ...
* Hydroxyanthraquinone A hydroxyanthraquinone (formula: C14H9O2(OH)) is any of several organic compounds that can be viewed as derivatives of an anthraquinone through replacement of one hydrogen atom (H) by a hydroxyl group (-OH).
The IUPAC nomenclature recommends hydrox ...
* Anthraquinone
References
Trihydroxyanthraquinones
Anthraquinone dyes
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