Quirks of dye nomenclature. 3. Trypan blue

摘要

Trypan blue is colorant from the 19th century that has an association with Africa as a chemotherapeutic agent against protozoan (Trypanosomal) infections, which cause sleeping sickness. The dye still is used for staining biopsies, living cells and organisms, and it also has been used as a colorant for textiles.