I have a Basic Fuchsin Hydrochloride bottle from JT***** and its catalog #
is B660-03, its C.I. # is 42510, its CAS # is 632-99-5. I don't know when
this bottle was ordered, but personally I've always ordered by the company
catalog #. I would go with the Basic Fuchsin Hydrochloride.
Nancy



Nancy Weber
Research Associate
Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Ohio State University
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Gapinski" 
To: "'HistoNet@Pathology.swmed.edu'" 
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 2:01 PM
Subject: A dye by any name would stain as red?


> Does anyone else still make their own Kinyoun's Carbol Fuchsin Solution
for
> the AFB stain? If so, maybe you can help me. When you reorder Basic
Fuchsin
> do you go by the C.I. # (color index) or the catalogue #? I was taught to
go
> by CI #. It's been many years since I last ordered and my bottle had the
cat
> # B660-3 CI # 42500. So I pulled my order card and more dye from JT *****,
> through V**. The bottle I received was named Basic Fuchsin Hydrochloride.
OK
> the old bottle didn't have "Hydrochloride" on the label but what's more is
> that the CI number was wrong! It was Cat # B660-03 (right #) and CI #
> 42510(wrong CI#) I called V** and asked for a bottle with the correct CI
> number (42500). I got it. Its name is Pararosanilin Hydrochloride CI
42500!
> No mention of Basic Fuchsin anywhere on the label. Just looked it up in
> AFIP, Ann Preece, and F.Carson's books- no mention of CI number. Which dye
> would you use? Or am I'm going to have to do some QA with these two dyes?
>
> Respectfully,
> Bruce Gapinski
>
>