True and false facts about brilliant green solution

Abstract

Actually, the brilliant green solution is greenish-golden lumps or powder which is soluble in water, in chloroform and in alcohol resulting in intense green 0,1-2% ready-to-use antiseptic solution. It’s a false opinion that brilliant green solution was developed by Soviet scientists. In the middle of 19th century young English chemist William Perkin tried to create the newest malaria medicine through various experiments with coal tar. Summarizing everything, we have told before we can say that some of well-known to us information can be true and in the other side - false