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Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring > Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring > Phenanthridines > Propidium

Preferred term

Propidium  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Iodide, Propidium
  • Propidium Iodide

Scope note

  • Quaternary ammonium analog of ethidium; an intercalating dye with a specific affinity to certain forms of DNA and, used as diiodide, to separate them in density gradients; also forms fluorescent complexes with cholinesterase which it inhibits.

History note

  • 91(79); was see under PHENANTHRIDINES 1979-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011419

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