Sunan Coomassie an karbe shi a ƙarshen karni na 19 a matsayin sunan kasuwanci ta kamfanin Blackley-based dye manufacturer Levinstein Ltd, a cikin sayar da kewayon dyes na ulu mai acid. A 1896 a lokacin Yaƙin Anglo-Ashanti na huɗu, sojojin Burtaniya sun mamaye garin Coomassie (na zamani Kumasi a Ghana). A 1918 Levinstein Ltd ya zama wani ɓangare na British Dyestuffs wanda a 1926 ya zama wani ɓangare na Imperial Chemical Industries. Ko da yake ICI har yanzu tana da alamar kasuwanci ta Coomassie, kamfanin ba ya ƙara kera dyes. Tambaya: Menene garin Coomassie da aka sani a yanzu?
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