For stain highly acid sulfated mucosubstances.
All mucins except the highly acidic sulfated mucosubstances are
aldehyde fuchsin negative at pH values of 1.0 and below.
References:
- Johnson, W.C., Graham, J.H., and Helwig, E.B., J. Invest. Derm., 42:215-224, 1964
- Luna, L.G., (ed), Manual of Histologic Staining Methods of the AFIP, 3rd Ed., McGraw-Hill, c.1968, p. 166