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Methylthioninium

This is methylene blue, a dye of the phenothiazine family prepared in 1876 by the German chemist Heinrich Caro; in medicine it is used to treat methaemoglobinaemia. This family brings together the active ingredient, nitrosamines and other impurities.

Did you know?In 1891 Paul Guttmann and Paul Ehrlich used it to treat malaria: for this reason it is often described as the first fully synthetic drug in the history of medicine.

Methylthioninium ChlorideGo to the active ingredient →

EDQM standards 2

The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.

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