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aminacrine
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A highly fluorescent anti-infective dye used clinically as a topical antiseptic and experimentally as a mutagen, due to its interaction with DNA. It is also used as an intracellular pH indicator.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(aminoacridine) Highly fluorescent anti-infective dye used clinically as a topical antiseptic and experimentally as a mutagen, due to its interaction with DNA; it is also used as an intracellular pH indicator.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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