dimethyl sulfoxide
Industrial solvent, cryoprotectant
Dimethyl sulfoxide is an organic solvent with an unusual property: it penetrates skin rapidly, carrying dissolved substances into the bloodstream.
This makes it useful in medicine for delivering drugs topically, though it also means careless handling can introduce contaminants.
It has a distinctive garlic-like taste that users report within seconds of skin contact.
Abbreviated DMSO.
Substance preventing ice damage
- cell cultureLaboratory technique for growing tissue
- viabilityCapacity to succeed
- vitrificationTransformation into glass
- thawingFrozen matter liquefying
biological samples · cryotubes · liquid nitrogen · biobanking · stem cells · glycerol · freeze-thaw cycle · cryogenic storage
Passing through skin
- drug deliveryConveying medicine to tissues
- topicalCurrently relevant or newsworthy
- carrierOne that transports
- bioavailabilityFraction reaching active circulation
analgesic · anti-inflammatory · pain relief · osteoarthritis · veterinary · liniment · absorption · therapeutic
Passing into solution
- polarityState of opposing forces
- miscibleAble to blend homogeneously
- aqueousPertaining to liquid solutions
- organicFrom living matter
hygroscopic · boiling point · dipolar · extraction · chemical synthesis · reagent · spectroscopy · electrochemistry
cryoprotectant
Substance preventing ice damage
- cell cultureLaboratory technique for growing tissue
- viabilityCapacity to succeed
- vitrificationTransformation into glass
biological samples · thawing · cryotubes · liquid nitrogen · biobanking · stem cells · glycerol · freeze-thaw cycle · cryogenic storage · cryobiology
transdermal
Passing through skin
- drug deliveryConveying medicine to tissues
- topicalCurrently relevant or newsworthy
- carrierOne that transports
bioavailability · analgesic · anti-inflammatory · pain relief · osteoarthritis · veterinary · liniment · absorption · therapeutic · prescription
dissolving
Passing into solution
- polarityState of opposing forces
- miscibleAble to blend homogeneously
- aqueousPertaining to liquid solutions
organic · hygroscopic · boiling point · dipolar · extraction · chemical synthesis · reagent · spectroscopy · electrochemistry · garlic breath
- solventsacetone, alcohol, chloroform, ether, benzene
- cryoprotectantsglycerol, polyethylene glycol, sucrose, mannitol, sorbitol
- Methyl Compoundsmethylamine, methylmercury
- Sulfoxides
- antifreezecoolant, deicer, engine coolant, de-icer, glycerol
- Lewis Basesammonia, amine, amines, hydroxide, cyanide
dimethyl sulfoxidehexane
C6H14 alkane solvent
pentane · petroleum ether · toluene · cyclohexane · heptane
dimethyl sulfoxidewater
Clear essential liquid
methanol · ethanol · isopropanol · acetic acid · ammonia
dimethyl sulfoxidesaline solution
Salt dissolved in water
water · glycerin · mineral oil · petrolatum
methane, methanol, methyl, methylation, methylene, dimethyl, methylated