Proflavine cream

The method can be applied directly to eye-drops, pessaries, solutions and solution-tablets difficulty is sometimes experienced in recovering the last traces of proflavine in the presence of fatty matter. In such cases extraction with an immiscible solvent may be necessary and the authors described the following method for proflavine cream ... 

Acriflavine proflavine Orange-yellow acridine dye. ACRINOL 0.1% cream. Effective against gram -i-ve bacteria gonococci. Activity enhanced in alkaline medium. Used in chronic ulcers wounds... 

Aminacrine hydrochloride 0.1% in a cream caused allergic contact dermatitis on the genitalia of one patient (Wilson 1971). Patch tests with the related substances acriflavine and proflavine were negative. 

Cream of Proflavine, B.P,C. Contains 0104 per cent of proflavine hemisulphate in an emulsion base. 

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