Acriflavine (Acriflavinium chloride) hydrochloride is a fluorescent acridine dye that can be used to label nucleic acid. Acriflavine hydrochloride is an antiseptic agent. Acriflavine hydrochloride is a potent HIF-1 inhibitor that prevents the dimerization of HIF-1alpha and HIF-1beta subunits. Acriflavine hydrochloride inhibits the interaction between monocarboxylate transporter 4 (MCT4) and Basigin. Acriflavine hydrochloride is used in cancer research, such as breast cancer, brain tumor and chronic myeloid leukemia. Acriflavine hydrochloride is a potent papain-like protease (PLpro) inhibitor, which inhibits SARS-CoV-2[1][2][3][4][5][6].
