Ethidium Bromide
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Formula | C21H20BrN3 |
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Molar mass | 394. 294 g/mol |
Melting point | 260 to 262 °C (500 to 504 °F; 533 to 535 K) |
R-phrases (outdated) | R25 R36/37/38 R46 |
ATCvet code | QP51AX06 (WHO) |
S-phrases (outdated) | S22 S24/25 S26 S36/37/39 S45 S53 |
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ID | 1158537 |
About Ethidium Bromide
Ethidium bromide is an intercalating agent commonly used as a fluorescent tag in molecular biology laboratories for techniques such as agarose gel electrophoresis. It is commonly abbreviated as EtBr, which is also an abbreviation for bromoethane. To avoid confusion, some laboratories have used the abbreviation EthBr.