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Methylene blue

methylene blue

(Science: 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 methemoglobinaemia and cyanide poisoning.

Pharmacological action: anti-infective agents, urinary, antidotes, dyes.

Chemical name: Phenothiazin-5-ium, 3,7-bis(dimethylamino)-, chloride


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Death Defying Dye?

This would be in reference to this methylene blue thread that occured a year or two ago. http://www.biology-online.org/biology-forum/about10673.html ...

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by KSama
Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:16 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Death Defying Dye?
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Help asap! Cant find unknown Bacteria

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by dshenberger
Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:47 pm
 
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Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:36 pm
 
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Re: Help Identifying Unknown Bacteria

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by dshenberger
Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:55 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Help Identifying Unknown Bacteria
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Re: Redox potentials, oxidative metabolism, methylene blue etc.

Hi, that was really helpful...I was wondering if there were any specific reference sources you used, or anything you could recommend so that I could read around the subject? thanks

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by ritanara
Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:23 pm
 
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Topic: Redox potentials, oxidative metabolism, methylene blue etc.
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