Formazans
"Formazans" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Colored azo compounds formed by the reduction of tetrazolium salts. Employing this reaction, oxidoreductase activity can be determined quantitatively in tissue sections by allowing the enzymes to act on their specific substrates in the presence of tetrazolium salts.
| Descriptor ID |
D005562
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.172.600
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Formazans" by people in Profiles.
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Capasso JM, Coss?o BR, Berl T, Rivard CJ, Jim?nez C. A colorimetric assay for determination of cell viability in algal cultures. Biomol Eng. 2003 Jul; 20(4-6):133-8.
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Cohen JD, Strock DJ, LaGuardia EA, Mao Z, Teik JE. Protection of leukemic cells by deoxycytidine: in vitro measures of protection against cytosine arabinoside. Leuk Res. 1998 May; 22(5):421-7.