Osmium Tetroxide
"Osmium Tetroxide" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
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D009993
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.640.500 D01.650.550.600
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Winey M, Meehl JB, O'Toole ET, Giddings TH. Conventional transmission electron microscopy. Mol Biol Cell. 2014 Feb; 25(3):319-23.