Proflavine
Proflavine | |
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IUPAC name acridine-3,6-diamine | |
Identifiers | |
CAS number | 92-62-6 |
PubChem | 7099 |
ChemSpider | 6832 |
UNII | CY3RNB3K4T |
DrugBank | DB01123 |
KEGG | C11181 |
ChEBI | CHEBI:8452 |
ChEMBL | CHEMBL55400 |
Jmol-3D images | Image 1 |
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Properties | |
Molecular formula | C13H11N3 |
Molar mass | 209.25 g mol−1 |
(verify) (what is: / ?) Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C (77 °F), 100 kPa) | |
Infobox references | |
Proflavine (pron. pro-fla¢vin), also called proflavin and diaminoacridine, is an acriflavine derivative, a disinfectant bacteriostatic against many gram-positive bacteria. It has been used in the form of the dihydrochloride and hemisulfate salts as a topical antiseptic, and was formerly used as a urinary antiseptic.
Proflavine is also known to have a mutagenic effect on DNA by intercalating between nucleic acid base pairs. It differs from most other mutagenic components by causing basepair-deletions or basepair-insertions and not substitutions.
Proflavine absorbs strongly in the blue region at 445 nm (in water at pH 7) with molar extinction coefficient of c. 40,000[1]
References
- ↑ Sarre, Peter J. (2006). "The Diffuse Interstellar Bands: A Major Problem in Astronomical Spectroscopy". arXiv:astro-ph/0608113.