Celestine Blue Flashcards
oxazine dye used as an alternative to iron hematoxylin nuclear stain
Celestine Blue
Celestine blue forms a strong staining lake with ______
iron alum
best known as an indicator, but may be utilized as a stain foraxis cylinders in embryos
Congo Red
CONGO RED ; 4% aqueous solution stains
elastic tissue
myelin
Congo red is used to identify deposits of protein in tissue called
amyloid
commonly used in histology to stain nervous tissues; NISSL BODIES
Cresyl Violet
nuclear or chromatin stain used for staining
amyloid in frozen sections and platelets in blood
Crystal Violet
_____ staining solution formed by the mixture of crystal violet, methyl violet, dexterin
Gentian Violet
stains DNA, providing a fluorescent red-orange stain ; marker for apoptosis in cells populations
Ethidium Bromide
consists of a mixture of methylene-blue and eosin, and it is used for staining blood to differentiate leukocytes
Giemsa Stain
It also binds to some pathogens, including spirochetes (syphilis), trypanosomes (sleeping sickness and Chagas disease) and plasmodium (malarial parasites).
Giemsa Stain
stain used for metallic impregnation
Gold Sublimate
Gold sublimate is made up of
gold chloride
mercuric chloride
probably the oldest of all stains, originally used for microscopic study of starch granules
iodine
It is widely used for removal of mercuric fixative artefact pigments
iodine
is used to identify and differentiate bacteria
Gram’s Iodine
brown solution that turns black in the presence of starches
Lugol’s Solution/
Lugol’s Iodine
_______ is also used as a mordant in Gram’s staining
Iodine
used for demonstrating mitochondria during intravital staining
Janus Green B
a contrast stain for staining ascaris eggs and
erythrocytes, and as a bacterial spore stain
Malachite Green
it is also used both as a decolorizer and as a counterstain
Malachite Green
three-color staining protocol
Masson’s Trichrome
Masson’s trichrome produce color stain of the following
keratin and muscle fiber - _____
collagen and bone - _____ or _____
cytoplasm - _____ or _____
nuclei - _____
red
blue or green
light red or pink
black
stains chromatin green in the presence of an acid
methyl green
used commonly with bright-field microscopes to dye the chromatin of cells à more easily viewed
methyl green
