COMMON STAINING SOLUTION (SET 1) Flashcards
This is used for connective tissues
Acid Fuchsin-Picric Acid
This stain is the most valuable staining of CT and cytoplasm
Eosin
This dye is used for the discrimination between dead and living things
Acridine Orange
What is the color that is seen if Acridine orange is used on RNA?
Red fluorescence
What is the color that is seen if Acridine orange is used on DNA?
Green fluorescence
This dye is used on calcium salts and sites of phosphatase activities.
Acridine Red 3B
This dye is used on acid mucopolysaccharides, more specific for connective tissue and epithelial mucin
Alcian Blue
This dye is used for counterstaining of epithelial sections
Aniline Blue
Deep staining of acid-fast organisms, mitochondria.
Basic fuschin
If basic fuschin is partnered with picric acid then it is used for?
Differentiation of smooth muscles
If basic fuschin is partnered with Feulgen’s and Schiff’s reagent then it is used for?
Detection of aldehydes
If basic fuschin is partnered with Van Gieson’s then it is used for?
Connective tissue, mucin and elastic fibers.
This dye is used for Hemoglobin
Benzidine
This stain is used for Gram’s acid, acid fast and Pap’s method and is also used for staining diptheria.
Bismarck Brown
Bismarck Brown is used for?
Gram’s acid, acid fast and Pap’s method