A trypanocidal agent and possible antiviral agent that is widely used in experimental cell biology and biochemistry. Ethidium has several experimentally useful properties including binding to nucleic acids, noncompetitive inhibition of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, and fluorescence among others. It is most commonly used as the bromide.
Farmakologický účinok
inhibítory enzýmov farbivá fluorescenčné indikátory a reagencie antagonisty nikotínu látky trypanocídne
