Crystal violet

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Crystal Violet - Some Simple Facts

  • Hexamethylpararosanilin Chloride
  • Medicinally has been used to treat burns, wounds and fungal infections [1]
  • Crystal Violet is a triphenylmenthane dye
  • It is often referred to as the medicinal preparation gentian violet
  • Crystal violet has not been approved to be used in aquaculture and that is because it is also mutagenic [2]

References

  1. ↑ Unknown. (2005). Crystal Violet. Available: http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Crystal_violet. Last accessed 17th Oct 2014.
  2. ↑ Wendy C. Andersen, Sherri B. Turnipseed, Christine M. Karbiwnyk, Rebecca H Lee, Susan B.Clark, W. Douglas Rowe, Mark R. Madson, Keith E.Miller. (2007). Analyses of Crystal Violet & Brilliant Green. Laboratory Information Bulletin. 23 (LIB 4395), N/A.


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