Selective stains Flashcards
1
Q
Orcein
A
elastic (brown/red)
2
Q
resorcine fuchsin
A
elastic (brown/purple)
3
Q
aldehyde fuchsin
A
elastic (violet)
4
Q
alcian blue (2.5)
A
acidic mucopolysaccharides (blue)
5
Q
Mucicarmine
A
mucins (pink)
6
Q
Best’s carmine
A
glycogen (pink)
7
Q
Oil red O
A
neutral lipids (cryosection not paraffin)
8
Q
Sudan black P
A
neutral lipids (cryosection not paraffin)
9
Q
Spielmeyer’s haemotoxylin
A
myelin
10
Q
Luxol blue
A
mylein
11
Q
OsO4+toluidine blue
A
myelin and Nissls’ substance
12
Q
Congo red
A
amyloid
13
Q
Weigert
A
fibrin (purple)