Acriflavine is traditionally employed as a topical antiseptic, though has more recently been implicated as an antiviral agent at low doses, potentially by stimulating the production of interferon.

The research team found acriflavine to be helpful in triggering anti-viral immune response against common cold. ‘World War I antiseptic found to be effective against common cold in the recent ...

Acriflavine antiseptic is a brown or orange powder that is mixed with water to wash out wounds and treat abrasions. In World War I and World War II it was used to treat everything from open wounds ...

The antiseptic, Acriflavine, was used back in the early 1900s to treat “sleeping sickness”. It’s a tropical disease caused by protozoan parasites, organisms that can fester in humans and ...

The team from the Hudson Institute of Medical Research found that pre-treating people with Acriflavine protected cells against the common cold by triggering an anti-viral immune response.