Homidium Chloride

Molecular Formula: C21H20ClN3
Cas number: 602-52-8
Appearance: Purple-red solid

Homidium Chloride is a medicine that is used for the treatment of Trypanosoma infections in zebu bulls and other conditions. Homidium Chloride is the chloride salt of ethidium (a fluorochrome), Ethidium Chloride intercalates within double-stranded nucleic acids, particularly DNA. In molecular biology, the bromide salt of ethidium is used to detect and visualize DNA after electrophoresis or in cytochemical preparations. In veterinary pharmacology, it is used as a trypanosomicide. Ethidium bromide and chloride are toxic substances and potent noncompetitive antagonists of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.