Schiff’s reagent for aldehydes
SIGMA/84655 - suitable for microscopy
Synonym: Fuchsin sulfurous acid
Product Type: Chemical
| application(s) | food and beverages |
| form | liquid |
| Quality Level | 100 ![]() |
| suitability | suitable for microscopy |
| Application: | Schiff′s reagent for aldehydes has been used: • in microtiter PAS assay to quantify the amount of secreted mucin in Vibrio cholera infected water • to stain the colonies of Clostridium perfringens in PGY agar plates to identify plasmalogen-deficient mutants • in periodic acid-Schiff′s reagent assay to quantify carbohydrates in a microtiter plate format |
| General description: | Schiff′s reagent is used for the qualitative or quantitative assay of carbohydrates. Periodic acid-Schiff′s reagent (PAS) stain is broadly applicable in histology for visualizing glycogen, gly |
| Symbol | ![]() GHS05,GHS08 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H290 - H350 |
| Precautionary statements | P202 - P234 - P280 - P308 + P313 - P390 - P405 |
| RIDADR | UN 1789 8 / PGIII |
| WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| UNSPSC | 12352300 |



