Methylthioninium Chloride

CAS: 61-73-4
Molecular Formula: C16H18N3S·Cl
Molecular Weight: 319.858
Product description:Green crystal or dark brown powder. Soluble in water and solution for sky blue. Soluble in hot ethanol and chloroform, insoluble in ether and benzene.Methylene blue is oxidant, according to its different concentration in the body, there are two different functions of hemoglobin. Low concentration glucose 6 - phosphate - when the hydrogen ions in the process of dehydrogenation by reduced pyridine nucleotide triphosphate passed to methylene blue, to make it into a reduced white methylene blue; Methylene blue and white pass the hydrogen ions to ferric iron methemoglobin, make its restore to the normal hemoglobin of ferrous iron, methylene blue and white was oxidation for methylene blue. The reduction of methylene blue - oxidation process can be repeated.