merbromin

A. Mercurochrome is a trade name for merbromin, a compound containing mercury and bromine.

Mercurochrome is a trade name of merbromin.

Merbromin's best-known use is as a topical antiseptic.

He and his associates also discovered the antiseptic merbromin, more popularly known as Mercurochrome, one of its brand names.

Another mercury compound merbromin (Mercurochrome) is a topical antiseptic used for minor cuts and scrapes is still in use in some countries.

The mercury-containing organohalide merbromin (sometimes sold as Mercurochrome) is still widely used but has been banned in some countries such as the U.S.

Commercially available organobromine pharmaceuticals include the vasodilator nicergoline, the sedative brotizolam, the anticancer agent pipobroman, and the antiseptic merbromin.

The toxicity is useful in antiseptics such as thiomersal and merbromin, and fungicides such as ethylmercury chloride and phenylmercury acetate.

Merbromin Overdose Cinfacrom poisoning, also called merbromin overdose, severely impairs respiratory and brain functions with prompt medical care needed.

Important organomercury compounds are the methylmercury cation, CHHg; ethylmercury cation, CHHg; dimethylmercury, (CH)Hg, diethylmercury, and merbromin ("Mercurochrome").