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Preferred term

Acriflavine  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 2,8-Diamino-10-Methylacridinium Chloride Mixture With 2,8-Diaminoacridine
  • Xanthacridinum

Scope note

  • 3,6-Diamino-10-methylacridinium chloride mixt. with 3,6-acridinediamine. Fluorescent dye used as a local antiseptic and also as a biological stain. It intercalates into nucleic acids thereby inhibiting bacterial and viral replication.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under AMINOACRIDINES 1982-90; was see under ACRIDINES 1963-81

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000167

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