Other Stains Used Flashcards
mixture of picric acid and acid fucshin for the demonstration of connective tissues, mucin and elastic fibers
Van Gieson’s
a basic acridine fluorochrome which permits the discrimination between dead and living cells
Acridine Orange
Acridine orange gives ____ fluorescence for DNA
Green
Acridine orange gives ____ fluorescence for RNA
Red
for calcium salts and phosphatase activity
Acridine Red 3B
stain acid mucopolysaccharides specifically connective tissue and epithelial mucin
Alcian Blue
A cytoplasmic stain used for counterstaining of epithelial sections
Aniline blue
A plasma stain utilized also for deep staining of acid fast organisms
Basic Fuchsin
For staining hemoglobin
Benzidine
For staining diphtheria
Bismarck brown
Used as a contrast stain for Gram’s technique, acid fast and Papanicolaou method
Bismarck brown
used as a chromatin stain for fresh material in smear prep
Carmine
Comibined with aluminum chloride to stain glycogen
Best carmine
A mordanted dye acting as a basic dye and staining acid substances
Mayer’s Carmalum solution
Recommended for routine taining of fixed sections
Celestine blue
Best known as indicator; may be utilized as a stain for axis cylinders in embryos
Congo Red
used for staining elastic tissues, amyloid and myelin (Krajian’s method)
Congo Red
A nuclear chromatin stain used for staining amyloid in frozen sections and platelets
Crystal Violet
Mixture of crystal violet, methyl violet and Dextrin
Gentian Violet
Used for staining blood to differentiate leukocytes
Giemsa
Used for metallic impregnation
Gold sublimate
Gold sublimate is made up of
Gold chloride and Mercuric chloride
The oldest of all stain
Iodine
Stains amyloid, cellulose, starch, carotenes and glycogen
Iodine
An Intravital stain used for demonstrating mitochondria
Janus Green B
Used as a contrast for staining Ascaris eggs and erythrocytes
Malachite Green
Used as bacterial spore stain
Malachite Green
Stains chromatin green in the presence of an acid
Methyl Green
Stain for plasma cells, fresh sputum for malignant cells
Methylene Blue
Evaluation and differentiation of bacterial organisms. Diptheria diagnosis and Nervous tissue vital staining
Methylene Blue
Used in frozen sections for rapid diagnosis
Loeffler’s Polychrome
Coloring nuclei of leukocytes reddish purple in the presence of methylene blue
Methylene Violet
For observing cell granules and vacuoles of phagocytic cell
Neutral Red
Substitute for carbol fuchsin in acid fast staining
Night Blue
Excellent stain for Elastic fibers
Orcein
Demonstrates the finest and most delicate fibers in skin
Orcein
Stain used in Dermatologic studies
Orcein
Used as a fixative
Osmium tetroxide
Used to stain fats
Osmium tetroxide
Used a microanatomical contrast stain
Prussian Blue
Used with osmic acid to fix and stain blood and glandular tissues
Rhodamine B
For demonstration for circulatory system by injecting
Prussian Blue
Used in identification of Spirochetes
Silver Nitrate
Recommended for staining of Nissl granules or chromophilic bodies
Toluidine Blue
Nuclear stain for fixed tissues
Toluidine Blue
Used as a substitute for thionine in fresh tissue sections
Toluidine Blue
For demonstration of neuroglia in frozen sections
Victoria Blue
Greatest affinity for phospholipids or neutral fats
Sudan Black B
should be discarded if the brownish black color appeared
Sudan Black B
Demonstrates lipids that are resistant to paraffin embedding
Sudan Black B
Recommended for neutral fats (triglycerides)
Sudan IV / Sharlach R
First sudan dye introduced in histochemistry
Sudan III
NOT A LYSOCHROME
Oil Red O
Osmic acid
Nile Blue sulfate
A good stain for the CNS
Sudan III
METACHROMATIC DYES
- Basic fuchsin
- Bismarck brown
- Safranin
- Methylene blue
- Methyl Violet
- Thionine
- Toluidine blue
- Azure A, B , C
- Cresyl blue
(BBSMMTT ACo)
SUPRAVITAL STAINS
- Janus Green B
- Nile Blue
- Neutral Red
- Thionine
- Toluidine blue
- Trypan blue
(J-NN-TTT)