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The spectrophotometric characteristics of analytically pure pyronin Y have been investigated. Addition of metal ions (Fe3+, Zn2+, and Mg2+) and of dextrin were shown not to influence the absorption characteristics. The composition of the solvent strongly influenced the value of the extinction coefficient. Aqueous ethanolic solutions with a content of about 50% ethanol gave higher ε-values than those found for more concentrated ethanol solutions. The difference can be explained by the existence of a solvent-solute complex in the less concentrated ethanol solutions. A new spectrophotometric assay is proposed using the ε-value 11.7×104 lmol−1 cm−1 found in aqueous ethanol (52%) as standard.
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Jakobsen, P., Lyon, H. & Treppendahl, S. Spectrophotometric characteristics and assay of pure pyronin Y. Histochemistry 81, 99–101 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00495408
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