The molecule is an organic sodium salt that is the disodium salt of 2-(2,4,5,7-tetraiodo-6-oxido-3-oxo-8a,10a-dihydroxanthen-9-yl)benzoic acid. It has a role as a fluorescent dye. It contains an erythrosin(2-).
disodium;2-(2,4,5,7-tetraiodo-3-oxido-6-oxoxanthen-9-yl)benzoate