acriflavine

ac·ri·fla·vine   (āk'rə-flā'vēn', -vĭn)    n.  A brown or orange powder, C14H14N3Cl, derived from acridine and used as a topical antiseptic. [Blend of acridine and flavin.]

Main Entry: ac·ri·fla·vine
Pronunciation: "ak-r&-'flA-"vEn, -v&n
Function: noun
: a yellow acridine dyeC₁₄H₁₄N₃Cl obtained by methylation of proflavine as red crystals or usually in admixture with proflavine as a deep orange powder and used often in the form of itsreddish brown hydrochloride as an antiseptic especially for wounds

acriflavine ac·ri·fla·vine (āk'rə-flā'vēn', -vĭn)
n.
A brown or orange powder derived from acridine and used as a topical antiseptic.

acriflavine

dye obtained from coal tar, introduced as an antiseptic in 1912 by the German medical-research worker Paul Ehrlich and used extensively in World War I to kill the parasites that cause sleeping sickness. The hydrochloride and the less irritating base, neutral acriflavine, both are odourless, reddish-brown powders used in dilute aqueous solutions primarily as topical antiseptics or given orally as urinary antiseptics. Once used in the treatment of gonorrhea, acriflavine has been replaced by the antibiotics.

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