Fluorochrome

Description

A fluorescent substance used to detect the presence of another material. Examples of fluorochromes used in the detection of art materials are: sulfate berberine sulfate, orange acridine orange, yellow acridine yellow, O Auramine O, R Blancophor R, dansyl chloride cycloheptaamylose dansyl chloride, dichlorofluorescein, isothiocyanate fluorescein isothiocyanate, Rhodamine B Sulfonyl Chloride Lissamine Rhodamine B Sulfonyl Chloride, primuline, Y pyronine Y, B Rhodamine B, rosaniline, serotonin, Tetracycline, and Red Texas Red.

Synonyms and Related Terms

Fluorochrom (Deut.); fluorescent stain; fluorescent dye

Authority

• Richard C. Wolbers, Nanette T. Sterman, Chris Stavroudis, Richard C. Wolbers, Nanette T. Sterman, Chris Stavroudis, Notes for Workshop on New Methods in the Cleaning of Paintings, J.Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 1990

• Random House, Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

• The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998

• Website address 1, Website address 1 Comment: Table of fluorochromes at http://pingu.salk.edu/flow/fluo.html