STAINING Flashcards
Render the different tissue constituents more visible, thru variation in colors, promoting easier optical differentiation and identification of the cell and tissue components
STAINING
Natural dye derived from the heartwood of a Mexican tree, Hematoxylin campechianum
Hematoxylin
Active coloring agent of hematoxylin
Hematein
Hematoxylin used for progressive staining
Alum Hematoxylin
Hematoxylin used for differential or regressive staining
Iron Hematoxylin
Hematoxylin utilized for the study of spermatogenesis
Copper Hematoxylln
Hematoxylin –[o]→ Hematin; karyosome: dark blue, nucleus: blue; cytoplasm: pink
RIPENING
Derived from an extract of the female Cochineal bug (Coccus cacti) –[alum]→ Carmine
Cochineal Dyes
Vegetable dye extracted from Lichens
Orcein
Elastic fiber, dermatological studies
Orcein
Color of Orcein + Ammonia and exposed to air
Blue or Violet color
Derived from benzene
Synthetic (Artificial) Dyes
Synthetic (Artificial) Dyes is also known as
Aniline dyes
Consists of a chromophore and an auxochrome attached to a hydrocarbon benzene ring
Dye
Substances capable of producing visible colors
Chromophores
Benzene compounds which contain chromophores are known as
Chromogens
Color imparted to the tissue by chromophores is permanent. True or False?
False; Not permanent
Substances with the property of forming salts with another compound, and ultimately retaining its color
Auxochrome
Coloring substance is found in the acid component
Acid Dyes
Coloring substance is found in the basic component
Basic Dyes
Formed by combining aq. solutions of acid and basic dyes, capable of staining cytoplasm and nucleus simultaneously and differentially, usually soluble in alcohol but insoluble in water
Neutral Dyes
Using potassium alum; for regressive staining, MPS substances (e.g., cartilage, cement lines of bones) are stained intensely blue
Ehrlich’s hematoxylin
Using ammonium or potassium alum; for routine nuclear staining, in exfoliative cytology, and for staining sex chromosomes
Harris hematoxylin
Using ammonium alum; used in Celestine Blue Hemalum Method of nuclear staining
Cole’s hematoxylin
Mayer’s hematoxylin
Using ferric ammonium chloride (iron alum); for demonstrating muscle fibers and connective tissues
Weigert’s hematoxylin
Using ferric ammonium sulfate (iron alum); for demonstrating nuclear and cytoplasmic inclusions e.g., chromatin, chromosomes, nucleoli, centrosomes, and mitochondria
Heidenhain’s hematoxylin
Used as counterstain after Hematoxylin and before Methylene Blue
Eosin
2 shades of Eosin
Eosin B—bluish
Eosin Y—most commonly used, yellowish
Nervous tissue, diagnosis of diphtheria
Methylene Blue
Metachromatic dye formed when Methylene Blue is heated; WBCs
Methylene Violet
Nissl’s granules or chromophiIic bodies
Toluidine Blue
Amyloid in frozen sections and platelets in blood
Crystal Violet
Counterstaining of epithelial sections
Aniline Blue
Acid-fast organisms, mitochondria
Basic Fuchsin
Masson Stain
Acid Fuchsin
Blood to differentiate WBC’s
Giemsa Stain
Staining of fixed sections
Celestine Blue
Stains chromatin green in the presence of an acid
Methyl Green
Contrast stain for Ascaris eggs and RBCs, and as a bacteriaI spore stain
Malachite Green
Contrast stain for Gram’s, acid-fast, and Papanicolau methods, and for staining Diphtheria organisms
Bismarck Brown
Intravital staining
Prussian Blue
Connective tissue
Picric Acid
Carmine stains
Best Carmine Solution: glycogen
Mucicarmine: mucin
Picrocarmine: neuropathoIogicaI studies
Azocarmine: connective tissues
Acidic subtances
Mayer’s Carmalum Solution