Preferred Label : acridine orange;
MeSH definition : 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.;
MeSH synonym : orange, acridine; acridine diamine, tetramethyl; diamine, tetramethyl acridine; acridine orange base; base, acridine orange; orange base, acridine; rhoduline orange; orange, rhoduline; 3,6-Bis(dimethylamino)acridine; tetramethyl acridine diamine; euchrysine;
CISMeF synonym : 494-38-2 (Tetramethyl acridine diamine);
MeSH hyponym : C.I. 46005; C.I. basic orange 14; basic orange 3RN; N,N,N',N'-Tetramethyl-3,6-Acridinediamine hydrochloride; Orange 3RN, Basic;
MeSH Related Number : 494-38-2 (Acridine orange); N,N,N',N'-Tetramethyl-3,6-Acridinediamine hydrochloride; 65-61-2 (N,N,N',N'-Tetramethyl-3,6-Acridinediamine hydrochloride);
Registry Number MeSH : 65-61-2;
Related CAS MeSH : 65-61-2 (N,N,N',N'-Tetramethyl-3,6-Acridinediamine hydrochloride);
MeSH annotation : D25-26 qualif;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acridine orange;
Codes EINECS : 200-614-0;
Is substance : O;
UNII : F30N4O6XVV;
InChIKey : DPKHZNPWBDQZCN-UHFFFAOYSA-N;
Origin ID : D000165;
UMLS CUI : C0001185;
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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.