Is Brown MX-5BR vegan?

Brown MX-5BR

Vegan

Brown MX-5BR is a synthetic reactive azo dye used in textile dyeing and also employed as a dye ligand in affinity chromatography for protein purification. It is also known by its Colour Index name Reactive Brown 10.

Also known as Reactive Brown 10
CAS number 12225-67-1
CI number CI 179060
Last reviewed 3 June 2026

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