Lucifer yellow is a fluorescent dye used in cell biology. The key property of Lucifer yellow is that it can readily visualized in both living and fixed cells using a fluorescence microscope. Lucifer yellow was engineered by Walter W. Stewart at NIH and patented in 1978.
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IUPAC name
6-amino-2-(hydrazinecarbonyl)-13-dioxobenzo[de]isoquinoline-58-disulfonate de dilithium
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