(n.) A European herb (Swertia perennis) of the Gentian family.
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Gentian
Definition:
(n.) Any one of a genus (Gentiana) of herbaceous plants with opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla, usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See Illust. of Capsule.
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(1) Chemical features of the gentian samples were selected from among the matching data of HPLC by the SIMCA program.
(2) The pad is saturated with gentian violet ink which enables an ideal transfer of inked marks from the marker to the eye or skin.
(3) A photodynamic action of gentian violet, apparently mediated by a free-radical mechanism, has been described in bacteria and in T. cruzi.
(4) Necrosis after treatment with gentian violet is a rarely seen complication which should be borne in mind.
(5) Gentian violet is a mutagen, a mitotic poison, and a clastogen.
(6) Adding monensin sodium, gentian violet, or ferrous sulfate alone or in combination with copper to the ration did not significantly change the appearance of the ceca.
(7) An epidemiologic investigation implicated a gentian violet skin-marking solution as the source of the infections (P less than 0.001).
(8) A case of bilateral keratoconjunctivitis caused by self-instillation of a 1% aqueous solution of gentian violet was complicated by a secondary uveitis and gram-negative conjunctivitis.
(9) Surprisingly, no acute toxic side effects were reported after administration of large amounts of gentian violet-treated blood.
(10) The malachite green and gentian violet dyes previously reported as trypanocidal agents were also tested for comparison.
(11) with defects in the carbohydrate core of the lipopolysaccharide) to several antibiotics and to the dye gentian violet could be substantially reduced by the addition of cations (Mg2+, Na+) into the growth medium.
(12) Although the compounds we tested did not show a significant improvement over gentian violet, the compound currently used in some blood banks, other existing amphiphilic cationic drugs could be of use in preventing the transmission of Chagas' disease during blood transfusion.
(13) A photodynamic action of gentian violet has been demonstrated in Trypanosoma cruzi.
(14) The retardation of solute transfer across an oil-water interface caused by the presence of polymer films formed in situ from the monomers has revealed that the methyl derivative forms the more effective barrier to the test solute, gentian violet.
(15) The cytogenetic toxicity of gentian violet in Chinese hamster CHO cells in vitro has been studied by analyzing (1) squash preparations from direct fixation for recording mitotic anomalies and (2) air-dried preparations (with colcemid--hypotonic pretreatments) for recording metaphase chromosome aberrations.
(16) An aqueous solution of gentian violet 0.5% turned out to be an adequate topical anti-infective drug.
(17) The antimicrobial activity of gentian violet and brilliant green was tested against various strains of potential skin pathogens, by means of agar diffusion assay.
(18) Inhibition of protein synthesis by chloramphenicol also opened the barrier to gentian violet.
(19) Other pathways of gentian violet metabolism have recently been investigated that involve its oxidative N-demethylation by peroxidases.
(20) A free-radical derivative of gentian violet is also formed by the action of rat liver microsomes, but whether this radical is involved in the cytotoxic effects of gentian violet in mammalian cells remains to be elucidated.