A white crystalline compound used in the treatment of trypanosome blood infection.
A tricyclic compound; chemical formula: C13H9N.
The fluorescence dye ethidium bromide for DNA staining has a central phenanthridine ring system that intercalates into DNA....
The ethyl acetate-extractable metabolites of phenanthridine as formed in vitro with Aroclor-induced rat liver homogenate were isolated and structurally identified.
Among the ethidium derivatives reported in the literature, the majority are phenanthridine derivatives with modifications of the exocyclic amines.
Origin
Late 19th century: from phen- + anthr(acene)+ -ide+ -ine4.