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Details

Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Molecular Formula C15H16N3S.Cl
Molecular Weight 305.826
Optical Activity NONE
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of TOLONIUM CHLORIDE

SMILES

[Cl-].CN(C)C1=CC2=C(C=C1)N=C3C=C(C)C(N)=CC3=[S+]2

InChI

InChIKey=HNONEKILPDHFOL-UHFFFAOYSA-M
InChI=1S/C15H16N3S.ClH/c1-9-6-13-15(8-11(9)16)19-14-7-10(18(2)3)4-5-12(14)17-13;/h4-8H,16H2,1-3H3;1H/q+1;/p-1

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C15H16N3S
Molecular Weight 270.373
Charge 1
Count
MOL RATIO 1 MOL RATIO (average)
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity NONE

Molecular Formula ClH
Molecular Weight 36.461
Charge 0
Count
MOL RATIO 1 MOL RATIO (average)
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity NONE

Description

Tolonium chloride (INN, also known as toluidine blue or TBO) is a phenothiazine that has been used as a hemostatic, a biological stain, and a dye for wool and silk. Tolonium chloride has also been used as a diagnostic aid for oral and gastric neoplasms and in the identification of the parathyroid gland in thyroid surgery. Toluidine blue has high affinity for acidic tissue components, thereby staining tissues rich in DNA and RNA. It has found wide applications both as vital staining in living tissues and as a special stain owing to its metachromatic property. Toluidine blue has been used in vivo to identify dysplasia and carcinoma of the oral cavity.

Originator

Approval Year

Targets

Primary TargetPharmacologyConditionPotency

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Primary
Blutene
Diagnostic
Unknown
Diagnostic
Unknown
Diagnostic
Unknown

Doses

AEs

PubMed

Sample Use Guides

In Vivo Use Guide
Examination of the oral cavity after the local application of Toluidine Blue dye (tolonium chloride)
Route of Administration: Other
In Vitro Use Guide
Unknown
Substance Class Chemical
Record UNII
15XUH0X66N
Record Status Validated (UNII)
Record Version