title: Analysis of commercial plastination agents.
abstract: S3, S6 and S10 are the most commonly used agents for tissue plastination. Surprisingly, their chemical structures are not known. We therefore decided to fully characterize these products by standard analytical methods: multinucleus magnetic resonance, infrared spectroscopy and size exclusion chromatography. These experiments have shown that Biodur S10 is a polydimethylsiloxane with a molecular weight of 27,200 and silanol functionalities, Biodur S6 is tetraethoxysilane, and Biodur S3 is a mixture the main component of which is dibutyltindilaurate.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Anatomie, Faculté de Médecine de Toulouse-Rangueil, 133 route de Narbonne, 31400 Toulouse, France. chaynes.p@chu-toulouse.fr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chaynes
authors.forename: A-F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Mingotaud
mesh_terms: D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D005404:Fixatives / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008422:Materials Testing; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009947:Organotin Compounds / Q000032:analysis; D010969:Plastics / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D012821:Silanes / Q000032:analysis; D012828:Silicones / Q000032:analysis; D012833:Siloxanes / Q000032:analysis; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D014001:Tin / Q000032:analysis; D014021:Tissue Preservation
chemical_list: D005404:Fixatives; D009947:Organotin Compounds; D010969:Plastics; D012821:Silanes; D012828:Silicones; D012833:Siloxanes; C082343:silanol; C040733:tetraethoxysilane; D014001:Tin; C010409:dibutyltin dilaurate