What is the drug acriflavine used for?

Acriflavine is a topical antiseptic indicated in the treatment of infected wounds and for skin disinfection.

Is acriflavine a disinfectant?

In the aquarium hobby, acriflavine is used to treat a variety of ailments from bacterial and fungal infections to disinfecting open wounds in fish. Acriflavine is also used to disinfect fish eggs, thus preventing egg loss to fungus.

What is acriflavine made of?

acriflavine, dye obtained from coal tar, introduced as an antiseptic in 1912 by the German medical-research worker Paul Ehrlich and used extensively in World War I to kill the parasites that cause sleeping sickness.

What is Aquaflavin?

A powerful, active medication that works to treat a variety of pathogens such as fin, tail and mouth rot, mouth fungus, ulcers and bacteria in Koi Carp.

Is Acriflavine good for wounds?

It is commonly used as skin disinfectant for minor wounds, burns, infected skin and is effective against both gram positive and negative bacteria [1]. Acriflavine was initially used during the First World War as a treatment for African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness).

Is Acriflavine an antibiotic?

Acriflavine is a topical antiseptic. It has the form of an orange or brown powder. It may be harmful in the eyes or if inhaled. Acriflavine is also used as treatment for external fungal infections of aquarium fish.

Is acriflavine good for wounds?

Is Acriflavine an antifungal?

Antifungal and Antibiofilm Activity. Acriflavine (Figure 1) is an antiseptic and effective agent against parasitic infections [1]. It is also used as a fungicide. As reported previously, it was able to induce mutations in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae [10] and kinetoplast loss in Trypanosomatidae [11].

What is antiseptic lotion?

An antiseptic is a substance used to kill or inhibit microorganisms on intact skin, e.g. iodine, or within a wound, e.g. hydrogen peroxide. Topical antiseptics, however, may also be referred to as skin disinfectants, particularly in the United States.