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Hydroxystilbamidine
A cationic dye with antifungal, antitrypanosomal, antimalarial, and carcinostatic activities. Hydroxystilbamidine is able to bind to DNA and RNA in a non-intercalating manner, and is a powerful inhibitor of ribonucleases, thereby impeding cellular processes in protozoa. This agent was also shown to bind to and stablize trypanosomal lysosomes. Hydroxystilbamidine is commonly used as a diagnostic agent in neuroanatomy and as a histochemical stain. (NCI Thesaurus)
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