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... > Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring > Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring > Acridines > Aminoacridines > Acridine Orange

Preferred term

Acridine Orange  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 3,6-Bis(dimethylamino)acridine
  • Acridine Diamine, Tetramethyl
  • Acridine Orange Base
  • Base, Acridine Orange
  • Diamine, Tetramethyl Acridine
  • Euchrysine
  • Orange Base, Acridine
  • Orange, Rhoduline
  • Rhoduline Orange
  • Tetramethyl Acridine Diamine

Scope note

  • A cationic cytochemical stain specific for cell nuclei, especially DNA. It is used as a supravital stain and in fluorescence cytochemistry. It may cause mutations in microorganisms.

History note

  • 1979

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000165

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