GENTIAN VIOLET

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Search structure


Trade Names	GENAPAX GVS
Synonyms	Basic violet 1 Basic violet 3 C.i. 42535 C.i. basic violet 1 C.i. basic violet 3 Ci 42535 Crystal violet GNF-Pf-880 GV 11 Genapax Gentian violet Lowacryl violet 1 Methyl violet Methyl violet 10b Methylrosaniline Cl
Status
Molecule Category	Mixture
UNII	J4Z741D6O5
EPA CompTox	DTXSID5020653

Structure


InChI Key	ZXJXZNDDNMQXFV-UHFFFAOYSA-M
Smiles	CN(C)c1ccc(C(=C2C=CC(=[N+](C)C)C=C2)c2ccc(N(C)C)cc2)cc1.[Cl-]
InChI	InChI=1S/C25H30N3.ClH/c1-26(2)22-13-7-19(8-14-22)25(20-9-15-23(16-10-20)27(3)4)21-11-17-24(18-12-21)28(5)6;/h7-18H,1-6H3;1H/q+1;/p-1

Physicochemical Descriptors

Property Name	Value
Molecular Formula	C25H30ClN3
Molecular Weight	407.99
AlogP	4.46
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor	2.0
Number of Rotational Bond	4.0
Polar Surface Area	9.49
Molecular species	NEUTRAL
Aromatic Rings	2.0
Heavy Atoms	28.0

Pharmacology

Mechanism of Action	Action	Reference
DNA inhibitor	INHIBITOR	PubMed PubMed

Targets	EC50(nM)	IC50(nM)	Kd(nM)	Ki(nM)	Inhibition(%)
Transporter Electrochemical transporter SLC superfamily of solute carriers SLC21/SLCO family of organic anion transporting polypeptides	-	-	-	-	92.5-109.58
Unclassified protein	-	-	-	-	75-93

	EC50(nM)	IC50(nM)	Kd(nM)	Ki(nM)	Inhibition(%)
Cricetulus griseus	-	-	-	-	92.5-109.58
Escherichia coli	-	-	-	-	75-93
Homo sapiens	-	400	-	-	-
Mus musculus	-	600	-	-	-

Cross References

Resources	Reference
CAS NUMBER	548-62-9
ChEBI	41688
ChEMBL	CHEMBL64894
FDA SRS	J4Z741D6O5
PubChem	11057
SureChEMBL	SCHEMBL9171

CONTENTS

EcoDrug+ was developed under the PREMIER Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking (JU) under grant agreement No 875508. The JU receives support from the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA). The views reflect only the authors’ perspective and the JU is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information EcoDrug+ contains.

Elements of EcoDrug+ were developed under the Biocenter Finland Drug Discovery and Chemical Biology network. CSC-IT Center for Science Ltd is thanked for providing computational resources. Credit is given to Ensembl for collecting species images (provided under public domain licences such as Wikimedia and NHGRI).

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Cite Us:

Ashenafi Legehar, Siobhán Monaghan, Mael Briand, Akseli Niemelä, Leo Ghemtio, Ziaurrehman Tanoli, A Ross Brown, Charles R Tyler, Henri Xhaard, EcoDrug PLUS: an advanced database for drug target conservation analysis and environmental risk assessment, Nucleic Acids Research, Volume 54, Issue D1, 6 January 2026, Pages D1397–D1404, https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaf1251

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