Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Methyl blue is a chemical compound with the molecular formula C37H27N3Na2O9S3. It is used as a stain in histology and stains collagen blue in tissue sections. It can be used in some differential staining techniques such as Mallory’s connective tissue stain and Gömöri trichrome stain and can be used to mediate electron transfer in microbial fuel cells.