"Methylene Blue" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A compound consisting of dark green crystals or crystalline powder, having a bronze-like luster. Solutions in water or alcohol have a deep blue color. Methylene blue is used as a bacteriologic stain and as an indicator. It inhibits GUANYLATE CYCLASE, and has been used to treat cyanide poisoning and to lower levels of METHEMOGLOBIN.
| Descriptor ID |
D008751
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.886.369.517 D03.633.300.741.517
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| Concept/Terms |
Methylene Blue- Methylene Blue
- Blue, Methylene
- Methylthioninium Chloride
- Swiss Blue
- Blue, Swiss
- Methylene Blue N
- Blue N, Methylene
- Methylthionine Chloride
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Methylene Blue" by people in Profiles.
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Fan Z, Dai X, Lu Y, Yu E, Brahmbatt N, Carter N, Tchouwou C, Singh AK, Jones Y, Yu H, Ray PC. Enhancing targeted tumor treatment by near IR light-activatable photodynamic-photothermal synergistic therapy. Mol Pharm. 2014 Apr 07; 11(4):1109-16.
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Pastrana-Mena R, Dinglasan RR, Franke-Fayard B, Vega-Rodr?guez J, Fuentes-Caraballo M, Baerga-Ortiz A, Coppens I, Jacobs-Lorena M, Janse CJ, Serrano AE. Glutathione reductase-null malaria parasites have normal blood stage growth but arrest during development in the mosquito. J Biol Chem. 2010 Aug 27; 285(35):27045-27056.
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Starkus JG, Rayner MD, Fleig A, Ruben PC. Fast and slow inactivation of sodium channels: effects of photodynamic modification by methylene blue. Biophys J. 1993 Aug; 65(2):715-26.
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Fukuto JM, Chiang K, Hszieh R, Wong P, Chaudhuri G. The pharmacological activity of nitroxyl: a potent vasodilator with activity similar to nitric oxide and/or endothelium-derived relaxing factor. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1992 Nov; 263(2):546-51.
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Csiszar K, Molnar J. Mechanism of action of tricyclic drugs on Escherichia coli and Yersinia enterocolitica plasmid maintenance and replication. Anticancer Res. 1992 Nov-Dec; 12(6B):2267-72.