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Status:
US Previously Marketed
First marketed in 1934

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)


Aminacrine has long been known to be a potent frameshift mutagen in viruses and bacteria. It is one in a general class of aminoacridine dyes that bind to DNA and possess mutagenic activity. Aminacrine is used clinically as a topical antiseptic. A par...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First marketed in 1919

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Acriflavine (ACF) is a topical antiseptic. The hydrochloride form is more irritating than the neutral form. It is derived from acridine. Commercial preparations are often mixtures with proflavine. Acriflavine was developed in 1912 by Paul Ehrlich, a ...
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US
First approved in 2015

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)


Ethacridine (Rivanol) is an acridine derivative indicated for the treatment of bacterial infections. In many countries the drug was in clinical practice for the second trimester termination of pregnancy.