STAINING Flashcards
Iron hematoxylin
- Weigert’s stain with Ferric chloride
Active colorinh agent in hematoxylin
Hematin
Alum hematoxylin stains (2)
- ehrlich’s soln w/ Na iodate
- harris’ soln with Mercuric chloride
Hematoxylin : SN mexican tree
Hematoxylin Campechianum
Oxidizing agents for hematoxylin
- H202
- Mercuric oxide
- Na iodate
- Na perborate
- K permanganate
SN female cochineal bug
Coccus cacti
Powerful chromatin and nuclear stain
Carmine dye
Stains elastic fibers
Orcein
Composition of orcein
vegetable dye (lichen) + ammonia (blue/violet)
Biological stains
Natural dyes || Synthetic Dyes
Oxidation process of hematin
Ripening
dye classification (3)
acid dye
basic dye
neutral dye
Carmine dye for Neuropathological studies
Picrocarmine
Coal tar is derived from?
Hydrocarbon benzene
Staining Reaction based on: (4)
1) Capillary osmosis
2) Solubility
3) Adsorption
4) Absorption
Mordant used in hematoxylin
- Alum
- Iron
- Copper
- Chromium
Spermatogenesis study
Copper hematoxylin
Carmine dye with aluminum chloride for demonstration of GLYCOGEN
Best Carmine stain
Fixation of basic dyes
- M. chloride
- Formaldehyde
coal tar dyes
synthetic dyes
Fxn of acid dyes
- chromium
- picric acid
- trichloroacetic acid
regressive staining, diff. w/ 1% HCl in 70% OH
Ehrlich’s hematoxylin
a basic dye which serves as an indicator and dye
methylene blue
Routine nuclear staining, exfoliative cytology, sex chromosomes
Harris hematoxylin
iron hematoxylin that demonstrates muscle fibers and connective tissue
weigert’s
auxilliary radical added to retain color
auxochrome
fiserves as a fixative, decalcifying agent, and a softener
acid dyes
neutral dye - leukocyte differentiation (2)
- giemsa stain
- leishman stain
iron hematoxylin for cytological stain regressive staining of thin sections
heidenhain’s
routine counterstain, background contrasting stain
eosin