Proflavine

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Proflavine (pron. pro-fla¢vin), also called proflavin and diaminoacridine, is an acriflavinederivative, a disinfectantbacteriostaticagainst many gram-positivebacteria. It has been used in the form of the dihydrochloride and hemisulfate salts as a topicalantiseptic, and was formerly used as a urinary antiseptic.

Proflavine is also known to have a mutageniceffect on DNAby intercalatingbetween nucleic acidbase pairs.

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