Chemicals and Drugs

Tolonium Chloride

A phenothiazine that has been used as a hemostatic, a biological stain, and a dye for wool and silk. Tolonium chloride has also been used as a diagnostic aid for oral and gastric neoplasms and in the identification of the parathyroid gland in thyroid surgery.

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Abstract

A phenothiazine that has been used as a hemostatic, a biological stain, and a dye for wool and silk. Tolonium chloride has also been used as a diagnostic aid for oral and gastric neoplasms and in the identification of the parathyroid gland in thyroid surgery.

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Synonyms

8 entry terms
  • Toluidine Blue
  • Toluidine Blue O
  • Blue O, Toluidine
  • Blue, Toluidine
  • Chloride, Tolonium
  • CI-52040
  • CI 52040
  • CI52040

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19 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analogs & derivatives, analysis, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity.

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History Note

74; was see under HEMOSTATICS 1963-73, was TOLUIDINE BLUE O 1972-73 (Prov)

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Tree Numbers

  1. D02w.886w.369.869w
  2. D03w.633.300.783.869w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Tolonium Chloride. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014048. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014048
  2. Tolonium Chloride. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toluidine_blue
  3. Tolonium Chloride. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80868