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Phenazines

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	Clofazimine - A fat-soluble riminophenazine dye used for the treatment of leprosy. It has been used investigationally in combination with other antimycobacterial drugs to treat Mycobacterium avium infections in AIDS patients. Clofazimine also has a marked anti-inflammatory effect and is given to control the leprosy reaction, erythrema nodosum leprosum. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1993, p1619)
	Methylphenazonium Methosulfate - Used as an electron carrier in place of the flavine enzyme of Warburg in the hexosemonophosphate system and also in the preparation of SUCCINIC DEHYDROGENASE.
	Neutral Red - A vital dye used as an indicator and biological stain. Various adverse effects have been observed in biological systems.
	Pyocyanine - Antibiotic pigment produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

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