Product name : Proflavine
Synonyms : 3,6-Diaminoacridine; 2,8-Diaminoacridinium;
CAS No. : 1811-28-5
Molecular Formula :C26H24N6O4S
Molecular Weight : 516.57
MOL File: 1811-28-5.mol
Product description :
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.