a brownish or orange-red powder used in medicine as an antiseptic and disinfectant. Formula: C14H14N3Cl
Word origin
C20: from acridine + flavin
Examples of 'acriflavin' in a sentence
acriflavin
Three mutagenic agents- ultraviolet light, heat, chemical mutagens (acriflavin and 5 bromouracil) were selected for the study.
Jayaseelan Aravind, Hubbathalai Sunderraj Sangeetha 2014, 'A STUDY ON EFFECT OF MUTAGENIC AGENTS ON POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES (PHA) PRODUCTION',Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Scienceshttp://www.jmbfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/jmbfs_0434_aravind.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)