Methylene Blue
"Methylene Blue" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A compound consisting of dark green crystals or crystalline powder, having a bronze-like luster. Solutions in water or alcohol have a deep blue color. Methylene blue is used as a bacteriologic stain and as an indicator. It inhibits GUANYLATE CYCLASE, and has been used to treat cyanide poisoning and to lower levels of METHEMOGLOBIN.
| Descriptor ID |
D008751
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.886.369.517 D03.494.741.517
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| Concept/Terms |
Methylene Blue- Methylene Blue
- Blue, Methylene
- Swiss Blue
- Blue, Swiss
- Methylthioninium Chloride
- Methylene Blue N
- Blue N, Methylene
- N, Methylene Blue
- Methylthionine Chloride
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Methylene Blue" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Pushparajah Mak RS, Liebelt EL. Methylene Blue: An Antidote for Methemoglobinemia and Beyond. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2021 Sep 01; 37(9):474-477.
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Hinson AM, Massoll NA, Jolly LA, Stack BC, Bodenner DL, Franco AT. Structural alterations in tumor-draining lymph nodes before papillary thyroid carcinoma metastasis. Head Neck. 2017 08; 39(8):1639-1646.