methylene blue, a bright greenish blue organic dye belonging to the phenothiazine family that has various applications in medicine and in the dyeing of textiles.
Methylene blue is employed as a biological stain, in testing for bacterial infection underlying tuberculosis, and as a chemical oxidation–reduction indicator.
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- A commonly used dye that also exhibits antioxidant, antimalarial, antidepressant and cardioprotective properties
