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Methylene Blue
  Methylthionine Chloride | Swiss Blue | Chromosmon | Methylene Blue N | Methylthioninium Chloride | Urolene Blue | Blue N, Methylene | Blue, Methylene | Blue, Swiss | N, Methylene Blue
  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. |  
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