As an experimental pharmaceutical drug, the International Nonproprietary Name (INN) of methylene blue is methylthioninium chloride. Methylene blue was first prepared in 1876 by German chemist Heinrich Caro (1834-1910). It is on the World Health Organization`s List of Essential Medicines, a list of the most important medication needed in a basic h....
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a bright greenish blue organic dye belonging to the phenothiazine family. It is mainly used on bast (soft vegetable fibres such as jute, flax, and ... [2 related articles]
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C16H18ClN3S Molar mass: 319.85222
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<chemical> Methylthionine chloride; dark green crystals or crystalline powder having a bronze-like luster, readily reduced to colourless leukomethylene blue, which in turn is readily oxidised to methylene blue. Used as a bacteriologic stain and as an indicator, and administered orally or intravenously in the treatment of congenital methemoglo...
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(meth´ĭ-lēn) a synthetic organic compound, in dark green crystals or lustrous crystalline powder, used in treatment of methemoglobinemia, as a stain in pathology and bacteriology, and as a diagnostic aid in the detection of the premature rupture of fetal membranes.
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(= Swiss blue; Basic Blue 9; tetramethythionine chloride) Water-soluble dye that can be reduced to a colourless form and can be oxidized by atmospheric oxygen. Used as a stain in bacteriology and histology.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: meth′ĭ-lēn blū Definitions: 1. A basic dye easily oxidized to azure with dye mixtures; used in histology and microbiology to stain intestinal protozoa in wet mount preparations, to track RNA and RNase in electrophoresis, and as an antidote for methemoglobinemia; its redox indicator properties are usefu...
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n] - a dark green dye used as a stain, an antiseptic, a chemical indicator, and an antidote in cyanide poisoning
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methylthionine chloride noun a dark green dye used as a stain, an antiseptic, a chemical indicator, and an antidote in cyanide poisoning
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