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 dehydrogenas...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: tet′ră-zō′lē-ŭm Definitions: 1. Any of a group of organic salts having the general structure that on reduction (cleaving the 2,3 bond) yields a colored insoluble formazan; used as a reagent in oxidative enzyme histochemistry.
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