See Also: propidium(medicine)
propidium(dictionary)

Untermensch (iou) and propidium (medicine)


Untermensch (iou)



Untermensch noun. . M20.
[German.]
Esp. in Nazi Germany, a person regarded or classified as racially inferior.

propidium (medicine)


propidium
<chemical> 3,8-diamino-5-(3-(diethymethyammonio) propyl)-6-phenylphenanthridium. Quaternary ammonium analog of ethidium; an intercalating dye with a specific affinity to certain forms of DNA and, used as diiodide, to separate them in density gradients; also forms fluorescent complexes with cholinesterase which it inhibits.

Pharmacological action: dyes, indicators and reagents, intercalating agents.

Chemical name: Phenanthridinium, 3,8-diamino-5-(3-(diethylmethylammonio)propyl)-6-phenyl-