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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Wiley Interdiscip Rev Nanomed Nanobiotechnol. 2017 Feb 15;9(5):10.1002/wnan.1450. doi: 10.1002/wnan.1450

Fig. 8.

Fig. 8

The neutral malachite green carbiniol base (MG) becomes into carbocation state (MG+) upon acidification which causes membrane destabilization and contents release.