Template:Common Stains table
From Embryology
Histology Stains - Common Stains and Their Reactions | |||||
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Haematoxylin | mucins - light blue | ||||
Eosin | colloid - pinkmuscle - red | ||||
Iron Haematoxylin | |||||
Van Gieson | muscle: yellow/browncartilage - pink | ||||
Verhoeff's Elastin | elastic fibres - black | ||||
Tartrazine | |||||
Silver Impregnation | reticular fibres - black | ||||
Methyl Green | |||||
Nuclear Fast Red | |||||
Gomori's Trichrome | keratin - redmuscle - purple/red | ||||
Heidenhain's Azan | muscle - red | ||||
Osmium Tetroxide | myelin, lipids - black | ||||
Alcian Blue | mucins, - blue | ||||
Periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) | mucins, glycogen, glycocalyx - magenta | ||||
Phosphotungstic Acid-Hematoxylin (PTAH) | muscle bands - blue | ||||
Masson's Trichrome | cartilage, mucins - blue or green; muscle - red | ||||
Luxol Fast Blue | myelin - blue | ||||
Aldehyde Fuchsin | elastic fibres, mast cells - deep purple | ||||
Light Green | |||||
Gallocyanin | nucleic acids, Nissl granules - dark blue | ||||
Romanowsky (e.g. Leishman's) | acidophils - red, basophils - blue, azurophilic - purple | ||||
Aldehyde Pararosanilin | elastic fibres - purple |