CHEBI:4883 - ethidium bromide

Main ChEBI Ontology Automatic Xrefs Reactions Pathways Models
ChEBI Name ethidium bromide
ChEBI ID CHEBI:4883
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Supplier Information
Download Molfile XML SDF
Formulae C21H20BrN3
C21H20N3.Br
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 394.30800
Monoisotopic Mass 393.08406
InChI InChI=1S/C21H19N3.BrH/c1-2-24-20-13-16(23)9-11-18(20)17-10-8-15(22)12-19(17)21(24)14-6-4-3-5-7-14;/h3-13,23H,2,22H2,1H3;1H
InChIKey ZMMJGEGLRURXTF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES [Br-].CC[n+]1c(-c2ccccc2)c2cc(N)ccc2c2ccc(N)cc12
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): trypanocidal drug
A drug used to treat or prevent infections caused by protozoal organisms belonging to the suborder Trypanosomatida.
Application(s): trypanocidal drug
A drug used to treat or prevent infections caused by protozoal organisms belonging to the suborder Trypanosomatida.
View more via ChEBI Ontology
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing ethidium bromide (CHEBI:4883) has part ethidium (CHEBI:42478)
ethidium bromide (CHEBI:4883) has role trypanocidal drug (CHEBI:36335)
ethidium bromide (CHEBI:4883) is a organic bromide salt (CHEBI:48369)
IUPAC Name
3,8-diamino-5-ethyl-6-phenylphenanthridinium bromide
Synonyms Sources
2,7-diamino-10-ethyl-9-phenylphenanthridinium bromide ChemIDplus
2,7-diamino-9-phenyl-10-ethylphenanthridinium bromide ChemIDplus
Dromilac ChemIDplus
EtBr ChEBI
Ethidium bromide KEGG COMPOUND
Homidium bromide KEGG COMPOUND
Manual Xref Database
C11161 KEGG COMPOUND
View more database links
Registry Numbers Types Sources
1239-45-8 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
1239-45-8 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
3642536 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
Last Modified
03 September 2010