Ponceau S is an organic sodium salt that is the tetrasodium salt of 3-hydroxy-4-({2-sulfo-4-[(4-sulfophenyl)diazenyl]phenyl}diazenyl)naphthalene-2,7-disulfonic acid. It has a role as a fluorochrome and a histological dye. It is an organic sodium salt and an organosulfonate salt. It contains a Ponceau S(4-).
