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Cat. # Dyes/Stain   BSC Code Major uses Size
10035 Acid Fuchsin RT DcR-11 Stain for connective tissue and erythrocytes; and proteinaceous material in liver. Cain's method for mitochondria 25g
10050 Acridine Orange RT   Pickett's fluorescence method for fungi fluorescent against a dark background. For differentiation of nucleic acids and cytology 25g
10350 Alcian Blue 8GX RT DcAn-25 Acid mucopolysaccharides.Cell walls. Cartilage granules. As a carbohydrate & mucosubstance stain in different pH levels. Movat's method for connective tissue stain. Monroe/Frommer method for pituitary staining. AB/PAS/OG method for human adenohypophyseal cytology 25g
10360 Alizarin Red S RT DcAr-9 Minute bone and fetal ossification in mammalian embryos. Used with toluidine blue for distinction of bone & cartilage in mammalian embryos. Used with alizarin red for calcium deposits. 25g
10840 Aniline Blue RT DcK-13 Used with biebrich scarlet for staining collagen, reticulum, muscle, plasma, and nuclei. All connective tissues. Used as a counterstain with red nuclear dye. 25g
10850 Auramine O RT DcAu-4 Staining paraffin sections of infected tissue. Acid-fast organisms exhibit fluorescence. 25g
11150 Azocarmine G RT   Alpha, beta, and all D-cells of the islets of Langerhans and in all animals. 5g
11240 Azur A RT   A nuclear stain. Cell granules McNeal method for leukocytes. 10g
11200 Azur B RT   Distinction of cellular RNA & DNA in botanical tissue. Negri body stain. Malarial parasites 10g
11210 Azur II RT   Morphological details of marrow cells, nuclei, and bacteria. 10g
11260 Basic Fuchsin (Rosaniline) RT DcFb-39 Gram positive/negative bacteria. A pituitary stain. 25g
18100 Basic Green 4 (Malachite Green) RT DcMg-11 In microbiology, distinction of diphtheria and other bacteria. A vital stain for onion epidermis. 25g
11265 Biebrich Scarlet (Ponceau BS) RT   Used with picric acid/aniline blue for staining collagen, recticulum, muscle, and plasma. Luna's method for erythrocytes & eosinophil granules. Guard's method for sex chromatin and nuclear chromatin. 25g
11310 Bismarck Brown Y RT   PAP for staining smears. Nuclei & granules. Mucin & calciform cells of intestine, cartilage & embryo. 25g
11465 Brilliant Cresyl Blue RT DcV-5 Platelets & reticulum of immature red cells. Counterstained with Wright's stain. 10g
12410 Carmine (Alum Lake) RT DcCa-20 Glycogen stain. Elastic fibers in blood vessels, nuclei, & collagen. 10g
12780 Cresyl Fast Violet, (Cresyl Violet Acetate) RT DcW-9 Vogt's method for nerve cells. A neurological tissue stain. Nissl substance & PAS-positive material. Powers & Clark method for spinal cord and brain with formalin or Bouins fixed. 5g
12785 Crystal Violet RT DcC-68 Gram positive/Gram negative bacteria, and filaments. Holzer's method for glial fibers (nerve). Amyloid in pathological human tissue. Determining chromatin & nucleoli in plant tissue. 25g
14851 Eosin Y RT DcE-58 Maximow's method for morphological details of marrow cells; a constituent of Wright Stain for elastic fibers in blood; as a eosin-phloxine counterstain. 25g
15010 Erythrosin B (Erythrosin extra bluish) RT DcEr-5 Used with methylene blue as a plasma stain for nerve cells. Use crystal violet for plant tissue. 10g
15500 Fast Green FCF RT DcGf-16 Lillie modification of Masson's for cells, cytoplasm, muscle, and collagen; Guard method for sex chromatin. 5g
15670 Fluorescein Isothiocyanate 0-5°C   Culing's Method for fluorescent antibody staining for demonstration of specific antigens. ½g
15942 Giemsa RT Dry Powder DcGe-23 Thin film stain for differentiation of types of leucocytes; Rickettsiae, bacteria, & inclusion bodies. May-Grunwald/Giemsa for bone marrow stain. Pinkus' acid orcein-giemsa for connective tissue staining 10g
15940 Giemsa RT Solution DcGe-23 Same as above; Prepared ready-to-use. 100 ml
16620 Hematoxylin RT DcH-82 Weigert's iron hematoxylin for nuclear stains. Gill's hematoxylin for nuclei & nuclear chromatin 10g
16910 Indigo Carmine RT DcI-7 A stain for Negri bodies; used with acid fuchsin. Used in picric acid in contrast to basic fuchsin. ln plant cytology. 25g
17920 Light Green SF, Yellowish RT DcL-38 Grocott's method for fungi. Dahl's method as a bone and calcium stain. McManus' method for glycogen. Fraser-Lendrum method as a connective tissue stain 10g
18700 Methyl Green RT DcG-20 Myeloperoxidase stain; Used with bismarck brown for mucin & calciformcells of intestine, cartilage of trachea, and embryonic tissue; Used with toluidine blue for differentiating between diphtheria & other bacteria. 25g
18600 Methylene Blue RT DcA-37 For use in acid-fast bacteria, acid-fast baccilli, and as a rickettsia stain. Cain's method for mitochrondria. For staining Negri bodies in nerve cells 25g
18850 Methyl Violet 2B RT DcMv-10 Highman's method for amyloid and nuclei staining. Used with crystal violet & bismarck brown Y for staining metachromatic granules of diphtheria organisms 25g
19010 Nigrosin, W.S. RT   For staining the central nervous system. For the negative staining of bacteria; used in place of India ink. 25g
19020 Nile Blue A RT DcNb-10 A fat and lipid stain; differentiation of melamines and lipofuchsins. Staining for phospholipids. 10g
19056 Oil Red O   RT AcRo-19 Used as a pigment stain 10g
19060 Orange II RT   Kalter's method used with fast green FCF, safranin O, and crystal violet for quadruple staining of tissues. Orange G substitution for better contrast 25g
19070 Orange G RT DcO-20 For staining fibrin, keratin, collagen, and erythrocytes. Staining alpha, beta, and gamma cells. For staining nissl substances and PAS-positive material 25g
19350 Phloxine B RT EcPh-1 For staining inclusion bodies and nuclei. Thomas's method for malarial parasites. For staining hemaglobin and hemosiderin. For staining keratin, prekeratin and mucin. A beta cell stain Counterstain for hematoxylin. 25g
19560 Pyronin Y RT DcPy-2 Cudder's method combined Gram/Pappenheim stain for gonorrheal pus. Kurnick's method used with methyl green which stains liver cells. For staining protein in the diazosulfanilic acid technique; a substitute for azur A. Can be used for pyronin B 5g
20800 Safranin O RT DcS-40 Prussian Blue method for hemosiderin. Weigert's iron hematoxylin with methachromic dyes which stain nuclei and granules. A alkaline phosphate stain. Flemming's method for staining chromatin and nuclear elements. 25g
21610 Sudan Black B RT DcZb-6 A stain for fat in animal tissue. A stain for chromosomes, golgi, and leucocyte granules 25g
22050 Toluidine Blue O RT DcU-10 Alizarin red/Toluidine blue for distinction between bone & cartilage and the degree of ossification in mammalian embryos. Johnson's method for methachromatic tissue. With cresyl violet for staining DNA & RNA. With thionin for malignant cells of biopsy specimens 50g
22720 Wright Stain RT DcWr-46 For differentiation of blood corpuscles. Used with brilliant cresyl blue for staining platelets and reticulum of immature red cells. For staining blood and bone marrow films. 25g