Talk:Rose bengal

Possible melanoma treatment
Organic 'dye' used in melanoma treatment PM - Tuesday, 22 July, 2008 18:29:00

http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2008/s2311345.htm

FoolesTroupe (talk) 10:47, 19 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Interview transcript includes : " It's a thick oily red aniline dye. Its' been used in medicine for about 50 years. It was initially used for testing the function of the liver. " - Rod57 (talk) 13:10, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

Other treatments for skin cancers including melanomas is the use of Cansalve cream. It will kill any external malignant growth from the roots up within days. Only kills malignant growth and leaves the rest alone. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.187.38.98 (talk) 01:58, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

synonyms
"4,5,6,7-tetrachloro-2',4',5',7'-tetraiodofluorescein disodium salt, bengal rose, acid red 94, food red color 95 sodium salt, rose bengal sodium" are given as synonyms at in the MSDS at http://msds.chem.ox.ac.uk/RO/rose_bengal.html 124.169.170.112 (talk) 13:47, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

neutrality?
I nominated for a neutrality check because, although rose bengal is used frequently in medicine and science labs (including my own), this article focuses almost entirely on a set of products by some biotech company. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Belizefan (talk • contribs) 16:54, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Etymology
So, who knows where the name comes from? "Rose" is obviously its color, but....? DS (talk) 14:43, 29 November 2011 (UTC)


 * "Rose Bengal is red in base and is about the same color in dilute solution as the decorative Indian happiness wart color worn by Bengali women at the center of the hairline to symbolize marriage. This was the source of its name."  --132.199.54.54 (talk) 11:50, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Molecular diagrams
Sigma-Aldrich (http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/) and Tokyo Chemical Industry Co., Ltd (http://www.tcichemicals.com/) present "Rose Bengal lactone" (CAS Number 4159-77-7) as

It appears that CAS number 11121-48-5 is inoperative.

Rose bengal is a photodynamic therapy agent.

Krakengreen (talk) 09:39, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

Solubility of variants
Original rb is described above as 'oily' - does that imply insoluble in water ? How soluble in water is rb, the disodium salt, and PV-10 ? - Rod57 (talk) 13:15, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

Use as a food coloring
According to the Japanese entry this is also used as a food coloring in Japan: red 105 101.50.43.2 (talk) 08:22, 4 January 2023 (UTC)