Acridine Orange Staining and Fluorescence of Nucleic Acids in Plasmodia and Associated Host Erythrocytes

Quinacrine: Mechanisms of Antimalarial Action

“…They are usually quantitated by their cholesterol content or total mass (1-4), although variability in the relative proportions of their several components has been recognized for some years (5). In light parasitized cells with acridine orange (17) and in vitro with ethidium bromide (18). Both of these drugs are well-known intercalating compounds (19).…”

Applications of Synthetic Dyes to Biological Problems

“…Love 212 used Toluidine Blue for differentiating ribonucleoproteins. 217 A quantitative estimation of the DNA content of living squamous cells has been made by taking advantage of the specific binding affinity of acriflavine for nucleic acids under controlled conditions. 212a C. ACRIDINE DYES Introduced as a fluorochrome around 1940, Acridine Orange (AO) has now attained great importance in biological studies and is the subject of several reviews and numerous papers.…”