Analysis Note
Material may be a mixture of monobromo-monochloro and dichloro ZnCl2 salts.
Application
Methyl green has been used in the histological staining of ovaries. It has also been used as a counterstain in various cells.
Biochem/physiol Actions
Marker dye for DNA in acid and neutral media. Methyl green is mainly used as a DNA stain in histochemistry. At low concentrations it binds selectively to AT-rich regions of native DNA. However, at high concentrations it is present at all available DNA sites.
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