gentian violet
Drug ingredientThis chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.
Where It Comes From
9 FDA-registered drug labelers
Amerrisource Bergen
DLC Laboratories, Inc.
Germa Products, LLC
Humco Holding Group, Inc.
Pharma Nobis, LLC
Pharmadel LLC
Sanvall Enterprises, Inc
The Podiatree Company
World Perfumes Inc
Why It Matters
Sectors
Health
Downstream Uses
Appears in 10 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Gentian Violet 1%
- •El Valle Gentian Violet
- •Humco Gentian Violet 2%
- •Gentian Violet 2%
- •Humco Gentian Violet 1%
- •GNP Gentian Violet 1%
- •DE LA CRUZ Gentian Violet
- •Sanar Naturals Gentian Violet
Show all 10
- •Gentian Violet Anti-Infective
- •Gentian Violet
FDA Shortage Status
Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."
No FDA shortage records
Vendor Pricing
$0.09/gChemscene
CountryUnited States
Pack$89.00 / 1 kg
PurityNo data available
Vendors18 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
17 more vendors
| Vendor | Country Supplier country. Where available, shows shipping origin. When the supplier ships from a different country than where they are registered, both are shown. Most suppliers show registration country only. | $/g | Pack | Purity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.09 | 1 kg | — |
| Aaron Chemicals LLC | Hong Kong | $0.09 | 500 g | — |
| Angene Chemical | China → Hong Kong | $0.10 | 500 g | 90% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.11 | 100 g | — |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.13 | 100 g | — |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.46 | 500 g | 90% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.66 | 500 g | — |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.66 | 500 g | — |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $1.13 | 100 g | — |
| AstaTech, Inc | United States | $1.60 | 25 g | 90% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $5.32 | 25 g | 90% |
| MedKoo Biosciences, Inc | United States | $5.50 | 100 g | 98% |
| Molnova | China | $82.00 | 500 mg | 99% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC) | United States | $2900.00 | 100 mg | 90% |
| Vitas M Chemical Limited | Hong Kong | $3170.00 | 100 mg | 90% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 90% |
Chemical Identity
CAS548-62-9
PubChem CID11057
DTXSIDDTXSID5020653
FormulaC25H30ClN3
Mol. Weight408 g/mol
SMILESCN(C)C1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=C2C=CC(=[N+](C)C)C=C2)C3=CC=C(C=C3)N(C)C.[Cl-]
Data Sources
110572026-04-07
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/name/gentian violet/cids/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_name/gentian violet.json
CAS 548-62-92026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory
Archive: data/sources/tsca/tsca_inventory.csv
bulk match2026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json