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Definition of Tetrazolium
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tetrazolium
1. Any of a group of organic salts having the general structure which on reduction (cleaving the 2,3 bond) yields a coloured insoluble formazan; used as a reagent in oxidative enzyme histochemistry. Nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT), a pale yellow dye that is converted on reduction to coloured formazans in the histochemical demonstration of dehydrogenases; used in haematology for staining of neutrophils to help indicate the presence of bacterial infections. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetrazolium
Literary usage of Tetrazolium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter (1900)
"... upon heating with hydrochloric acid, splits off the sulpho-group and becomes
tetrazolium compounds are those which result from the oxidation of forma/yl ..."
2. Organic Matter and Rice by Stephen Banta, Corazon V. Mendoza, International Rice Research Institute (1984)
"Reduction of tetrazolium salts About 5 g of air-dried soil sample, 50 mg of CaCO3,
an appropriate amount of tetrazolium salts, and water were placed in the ..."
3. Organic Chemistry: Or : Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds by Victor von Richter (1922)
"... hydride n-Diphenyl- tetrazolium hydroxide is obtained : C ... OC,H5N(OH) :
N\CH n-Diphenyl-tetrazolium- Phenyl - nitroso - hydrazin C,H6N/^° or C ..."
4. Wild Land Shrub and Arid Land Restoration Symposium: Proceedings edited by Bruce A. Roundy, E. Durant McArthur, Jennifer S. Hayley, David K. Mann (1996)
"Viability was determined by using the tetrazolium staining test (Grabe 1972) as
outlined by Meyer and others 1987. "tetrazolium viability was determined by ..."
5. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry ; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds by Victor von Richter (1900)
"... 1693) : — NCHOH ^N — NH OH~ ~^ HC\N = N ' which demonstrates the connection
between the tetrazoles and tetrazolium compounds. ..."
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