Formaldehyde

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A highly reactive aldehyde gas formed by oxidation or incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons. In solution, it has a wide range of uses: in the manufacture of resins and textiles, as a disinfectant, and as a laboratory fixative or preservative. Formaldehyde solution (formalin) is considered a hazardous compound, and its vapor toxic. (From Reynolds, Martindale The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p717)

Descriptor ID	D005557
MeSH Number(s)	D02.047.407
Concept/Terms	Formaldehyde Formaldehyde Oxomethane Methanal Formol Formol Formalin Formalin

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Organic Chemicals [D02]
Aldehydes [D02.047]
Formaldehyde [D02.047.407]

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Formaldehyde
Formocresols

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Bar chart showing 27 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2015 and 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	1	1
1996	0	2	2
1998	0	2	2
2003	0	1	1
2004	0	1	1
2005	0	2	2
2006	1	0	1
2008	2	0	2
2010	1	1	2
2011	0	1	1
2012	0	1	1
2013	0	1	1
2014	0	2	2
2015	2	1	3
2016	0	1	1
2017	0	3	3
2021	0	1	1

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Yuan Y, Van Dyke AL, Petkov VI, Hussey S, Moravec R, Altekruse SF, Sandoval M, Cress RD, Mueller LM, Mogi A, Hernandez BY, Selk FR, Lynch CF, Tucker TC, Lynch MA, Lefante C, Wu XC, Sweeney C, Doherty JA, Penberthy LS. Pathology Laboratory Policies and Procedures for Releasing Diagnostic Tissue for Cancer Research. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2021 02 01; 145(2):222-226.

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Hu CW, Chang YJ, Cooke MS, Chao MR. DNA Crosslinkomics: A Tool for the Comprehensive Assessment of Interstrand Crosslinks Using High Resolution Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem. 2019 12 03; 91(23):15193-15203.

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Shiga T, Uchida K, Chambers JK, Nakayama H. Immunohistochemical analysis of canine and feline muscle disorders using formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues. J Vet Diagn Invest. 2017 Nov; 29(6):805-813.

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Sviatenko LK, Gorb L, Leszczynska D, Okovytyy SI, Shukla MK, Leszczynski J. In silico kinetics of alkaline hydrolysis of 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazinane (RDX): M06-2X investigation. Environ Sci Process Impacts. 2017 Mar 22; 19(3):388-394.

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Hurtgen BJ, Hung CY. Rational Design of T Lymphocyte Epitope-Based Vaccines Against Coccidioides Infection. Methods Mol Biol. 2017; 1625:45-64.

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Moniruzzaman M, Hossain MS, Bhattacharjee PS. Evaluation of antinociceptive activity of methanolic extract of leaves of Stephania japonica Linn. J Ethnopharmacol. 2016 Jun 20; 186:205-208.

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Isidro RA, Isidro AA, Cruz ML, Hernandez S, Appleyard CB. Double immunofluorescent staining of rat macrophages in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue using two monoclonal mouse antibodies. Histochem Cell Biol. 2015 Dec; 144(6):613-21.

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Carrick DM, Mehaffey MG, Sachs MC, Altekruse S, Camalier C, Chuaqui R, Cozen W, Das B, Hernandez BY, Lih CJ, Lynch CF, Makhlouf H, McGregor P, McShane LM, Phillips Rohan J, Walsh WD, Williams PM, Gillanders EM, Mechanic LE, Schully SD. Robustness of Next Generation Sequencing on Older Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Tissue. PLoS One. 2015; 10(7):e0127353.

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Shivers KY, Amador N, Abrams L, Hunter D, Jenab S, Qui?ones-Jenab V. Estrogen alters baseline and inflammatory-induced cytokine levels independent from hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity. Cytokine. 2015 Apr; 72(2):121-9.

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Li Q, Li M, Ma L, Li W, Wu X, Richards J, Fu G, Xu W, Bythwood T, Li X, Wang J, Song Q. A method to evaluate genome-wide methylation in archival formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded ovarian epithelial cells. PLoS One. 2014; 9(8):e104481.

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