Thioflavin can refer to either of two dyes used for histology staining and biophysical studies of protein aggregation.Thioflavin T (Basic Yellow 1 or CI 49005) is a benzothiazole salt obtained by the methylation of dehydrothiotoluidine with methanol in the presence of hydrochloric acid.
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