In vivo stain composition, process of manufacture, and methods of use to identify dysplastic tissue

摘要

PCT No. PCT/US97/20981 Sec. 371 Date May 20, 1999 Sec. 102(e) Date May 20, 1999 PCT Filed Nov. 13, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO99/25388 PCT Pub. Date May 27, 1999N-demethylated and N,N-demethylated derivatives of toluidine blue O and compositions which include these derivatives and the conformational isomers of toluidine blue O. Improved methods for the detection of dysplastic oral tissue using such compositions. Processes for synthesis of toluidine blue O products, in which a complexing agent is introduced prior to the last stage of oxidation of a three-step synthesis from N,N-dimethyl- rho -phenylenediamine. An HPLC method for characterizing toluidine blue O products in which the mobile phase is an aqueous solution of an organic acid.