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silver nitrate (AgNO3)
An antiseptic & astringent.
Uses:
1) used externally, in solution, in the prevention of ophthalmia neonatorum (penicillin is also used)
2) used in special staining of the nervous system, spirochetes, reticular fibers, Golgi apparatus, the nucleolar organizer region & Ca+2
Related
Ag+
General
salt
topical antiseptic
Database Correlations
PUBCHEM correlations
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- Department of Veterans Affairs, VA National Formulary
Component-of
potassium nitrate/silver nitrate