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Ethidium

Known as: Babidium, 3,8-Diamino-5-Ethyl-6-Phenylphenanthridinium, Ethidium [Chemical/Ingredient] 
A trypanocidal agent and possible antiviral agent that is widely used in experimental cell biology and biochemistry. Ethidium has several… 
National Institutes of Health

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Narrower (12)

2-hydroxyethidium3,8-diamino-6-phenyl-phenanthridineDEMBEthidium Bromide

Broader (8)

Antiprotozoal AgentsEnzyme InhibitorsFluorescent DyesIndicators and Reagents
Homidium ChlorideIn Bloodagonistsanalogs & derivatives

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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Glucose and NADPH oxidase drive neuronal superoxide formation in stroke
Hyperglycemia has been recognized for decades to be an exacerbating factor in ischemic stroke, but the mechanism of this effect… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Amine reactive dyes: an effective tool to discriminate live and dead cells in polychromatic flow cytometry.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Human osteoprogenitor growth and differentiation on synthetic biodegradable structures after surface modification.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Critical evaluation of the use of hydroethidine as a measure of superoxide anion radical.
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
An improved fluorescence assay for the determination of lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity using flow cytometry.
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Mechanism of intercalation into the DNA double helix by ethidium.
The mechanism of intercalation into DNA double helices by ethidium has been analyzed by temperature-jump relaxation and stopped… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
A study of the interactions of some polypyridylruthenium (II) complexes with DNA using fluorescence spectroscopy, topoisomerisation and thermal denaturation.
The nature of binding of Ru(phen) 2+ (I), Ru(bipy) 2+ (II), Ru(terpy) 2+ (III) (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline, bipy 3 = 2,2… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Quenching of DNA-ethidium fluorescence by amsacrine and other antitumor agents: a possible electron-transfer effect.
The antitumor agent amsacrine, 4'-(9-acridinylamino)methanesulfon-m-anisidide (m-AMSA), when bound to double-stranded DNA… 
Review
1979
Review
1979
Review: ethidium fluorescence assays. Part 1. Physicochemical studies.
DNA and RNA can be assayed rapidly and very sensitively by exploiting the enhanced fluorescence of ethidium intercalated into… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Isolation, characterization, and structure of the folded interphase genome of Drosophila melanogaster
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