STAINS Flashcards
Hematoxylin
Negatively charged
Nucleus
Eosin
Positively charged
Cytoplasm
Oil Red O stain
Fat/ Lipid
Sudan black B
Sudan IV
Annexin V
Osmium Tetroxide
Fat and Lipid
PAS stain
Glycogen Fungus and amoeba Basement membrane Lymphoblast Erythroblast
Von Kossa stain
m/c used
Calcium
Alizarin stain
m/specific
Calcium in tissue
Calcein
Calcium
Perl’s Prussiun blue
Iron/ Hemosiderin
Gomori’s metbemine silver stain
Best Fungal stain
stains both live and dead fungus
Lugols Iodine
Amyloid stain (Gross specimen)
Congo RED stain
Pink / red (in Ordinary Light )
Apple Green birefringence (in Polarised light)
Alcian Blue
Mucopolysaccharide acid
Mayer’s mucaraminestain
Sialomucin
Acid Fast stain
Mycobacterium
Fontana Masson stain
Melanin and Argentaffin cells
Verhoff Von Gelson (VVG)
Elastic fibres
Orcein stain
Elastic fibres
Hepatitis B surface antigens
Copper assosciated proteins
Shikata’s stain
Copper protein complexes
Rhodamine stain (best)
Copper in tissue
Toludine Blue
Mast cells
Luxol Fast Blue
Myelin and Nissil substances
Bieschowsky stain
Neuronal axons
Neurofibriary tangles
Neuritic plaques
Picro Mallory stain
Lendrums method
Fibrin
