Acriflavine

Acriflavine

Acriflavine is a topical antiseptic. It has the form of an orange or brown powder. It may be harmful in the eyes or if inhaled. It is a dye and it stains the skin and may irritate. Commercial preparations are often mixtures with proflavine. It is known under a variety of names.

Acriflavine was developed in 1912 by Paul Ehrlich, a German medical researcher and was used during the First World War against sleeping sickness. It is derived from acridine. The hydrochloride form is more irritating than the base form.

Acriflavine is also used as treatment for external fungal infections of aquarium fish.

References

[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9003583 Encyclopeida Britannica] (accessed 2005-08-16) [http://www.chemexper.com/chemicals/supplier/cas/8063-24-9.html ChemExper Chemical Directory] (accessed 2005-08-16) [http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/acriflavine Houghton Mifflin definition] (accessed 2005-08-16)


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  • acriflavine — [ak΄rə flā′vēn΄, ak΄rə flā′vin] n. [< ACRI(DINE) + FLAVINE] a deep orange, odorless powder, C14H14N3Cl, prepared from acridine: used as a dye reagent and, esp. formerly, as an antiseptic …   English World dictionary

  • acriflavine — /ak reuh flay vin, veen/, n. Chem. an orange brown, granular solid, C14H14N3Cl: used chiefly in medicine as an antiseptic. Also called neutral acriflavine, euflavine, trypaflavine neutral. [1915 20; ACRI(DINE) + FLAVIN] * * * ▪ antiseptic and dye …   Universalium

  • acriflavine hydrochloride — Chem. the reddish brown, crystalline, water soluble hydrochloride of acriflavine, used similarly. Also called trypaflavine, flavine. * * * …   Universalium

  • acriflavine hydrochloride — Chem. the reddish brown, crystalline, water soluble hydrochloride of acriflavine, used similarly. Also called trypaflavine, flavine …   Useful english dictionary

  • acriflavine — noun Etymology: acridine + flavine Date: 1917 a yellow dye C14H14N3Cl used as an antiseptic especially for wounds …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • acriflavine — noun An antimicrobial flavonoid dye derived from acridine …   Wiktionary

  • acriflavine — An acridine dye, a mixture of 3,6 diamino 10 methylacridinium chloride and 3,6 diaminoacridine; formerly used as a topical and urinary antiseptic, and used as one of Kasten fluorescent Schiff reagents to reveal polysaccharides and DNA. * * *… …   Medical dictionary

  • acriflavine — n. brown powder used as an antiseptic (Chemistry) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • acriflavine — [ˌakrɪ fleɪvɪn, i:n] noun a bright orange red dye derived from acridine, used as an antiseptic. Origin early 20th cent.: from acridine + L. flavus yellow + ine4 …   English new terms dictionary

  • acriflavine — ac·ri·fla·vine …   English syllables

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