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Triamino-triphenylmethane dye which is no longer of major therapeutic importance today. Like the pharmacologically related dyes brilliant green, gentian violet, methyl violet (pyoctanine), crystal violet is fungicidally effective in vitro against clinically relevant dermatophytes and yeasts. Malachite green and brilliant green have the strongest antimytic activity.
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer