Optimal cutting temperature compound

Frozen section procedure: tissue embedded in optimal cutting temperature compound, mounted on a chuck in a cryostat and ready for section production

Optimal cutting temperature compound (OCT compound) is used to embed tissue samples prior to frozen sectioning on a microtome-cryostat. This process is undertaken so as to mount slices (sections) of a sample onto slides for analysis.

Components

As stated on the bottle:

See also

References

  1. "OCT Compound, 27050, MSDS". Tedpella.com. Retrieved 2011-08-19.

Further reading


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