methylene green (CHEBI:87675)

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ChEBI Name	methylene green

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:87675

Definition	An organic chloride salt having 3,7-bis(dimethylamino)-4-nitrophenothiazin-5-ium as the counterion. It stains nuclei green and is sometimes used as a counterstain to red or purple primary stains.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

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Formula

C16H17ClN4O2S

Net Charge

Average Mass

364.851

Monoisotopic Mass

364.07607

InChI

InChI=1S/C16H17N4O2S.ClH/c1-18(2)10-5-6-11-14(9-10)23-16-12(17-11)7-8-13(19(3)4)15(16)20(21)22;/h5-9H,1-4H3;1H/q+1;/p-1

InChIKey

YYGBVRCTHASBKD-UHFFFAOYSA-M

SMILES

[Cl-].C12=[S+]C=3C(N=C1C=CC(=C2)N(C)C)=CC=C(C3[N+]([O-])=O)N(C)C

Roles Classification
Application(s):	fluorochrome A fluorescent dye used to stain biological specimens. histological dye A dye used in microscopic or electron microscopic examination of cells and tissues to give contrast and to highlight particular features of interest, such as nuclei and cytoplasm.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	methylene green (CHEBI:87675) has part 3,7-bis(dimethylamino)-4-nitrophenothiazin-5-ium (CHEBI:87680) methylene green (CHEBI:87675) has role fluorochrome (CHEBI:51217) methylene green (CHEBI:87675) has role histological dye (CHEBI:77178) methylene green (CHEBI:87675) is a organic chloride salt (CHEBI:36094)

IUPAC Name

3,7-bis(dimethylamino)-4-nitrophenothiazin-5-ium chloride

Last Modified

27 August 2015