Osmium Tetroxide

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(T-4)-Osmium oxide (OsO4). A highly toxic and volatile oxide of osmium used in industry as an oxidizing agent. It is also used as a histological fixative and stain and as a synovectomy agent in arthritic joints. Its vapor can cause eye, skin, and lung damage.

Descriptor ID

D009993

MeSH Number(s)

D01.640.500

D01.650.550.600

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Osmium Tetroxide

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Inorganic Chemicals [D01]
Osmium Compounds [D01.640]
Osmium Tetroxide [D01.640.500]
Oxygen Compounds [D01.650]
Oxides [D01.650.550]
Osmium Tetroxide [D01.650.550.600]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1994	1	0	1

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A micro-CT-based method for quantitative brain lesion characterization and electrode localization. Sci Rep. 2018 03 26; 8(1):5184.

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A mechanistically guided design leads to the synthesis of an efficient and practical new reagent for the highly enantioselective, catalytic dihydroxylation of olefins. Org Lett. 2003 Sep 18; 5(19):3455-8.

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Contribution of osmium tetroxide to the image quality and detectability of iron in cells studied by electron spectroscopic imaging and electron energy loss spectroscopy. Microsc Res Tech. 1994 Jun 01; 28(2):155-63.

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Strong sequence-dependent polymorphism in adduct-induced DNA structure: analysis of single N-2-acetylaminofluorene residues bound within the NarI mutation hot spot. Biochemistry. 1991 Oct 22; 30(42):10091-100.

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Rapid primary microwave-osmium fixation. I. Preservation of structure for electron microscopy in seconds. J Histochem Cytochem. 1990 Jun; 38(6):755-62.

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Preservation of arachidonoyl phospholipids during tissue processing for electron microscopic autoradiography. J Histochem Cytochem. 1985 Aug; 33(8):799-802.

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Improvement of the electron microscopic detection of peroxidase activity by means of the silver intensification of the diaminobenzidine reaction in the rat nervous system. Neurosci Lett. 1982 Jul 20; 31(1):7-11.

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Methods and principles of fixation by freeze-substitution. J Biophys Biochem Cytol. 1958 Sep 25; 4(5):593-600.

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