Bioactivity | Carmine (Carmine red), a natural red dye extracted from the dried females of the insect Dactylopius coccus var. Costa (cochineal). Carmine is a widely used food additive. Carmine provokes both an immediate hypersensitivity and a delayed systemic response with cutaneous expression[1][2][3]. | ||||||||||||
Invitro | Carmine has been used in biological staining to demonstrate selectively nuclei, chromosomes or mucins, depending on the formulation[2]. | ||||||||||||
Name | Carmine | ||||||||||||
CAS | 1390-65-4 | ||||||||||||
Transport | Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere. | ||||||||||||
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