Stain Purpose Fixation Result Section
Muscle striations are well shown Formol Sublimate Nuclei = Black Thin Paraffin
Muscle and RBS = Red Section
Collagen = Yellow
Lissamine Test - Red Tartrazine
Method
Schmorl’s picro-thionin Any fixative but avoid Lacuni and canaliculi Frozen or celloidin
precipitates within the bone mercuric chloride has a dark brown black freshly cut
canaliculi accelerated by 0.125 % stain;
thionin. This stain the compact bone matrix yellow or
bone employs thionin and picric brown yellow and
acid to produce color in the cells are red
canaliculi
Schmorl’s Picro-Thionin Method
(1934)
Ground Bone sections are 10 % Formalin Lacunae and canaliculi Thin ground
analyzed to determine the number filled with air lamellae sections
of and width of haversian canals brown or brownish black
line
Ground Section Preparation of Bones
Sudan dyes are lipid soluble lipids Formaldehyde calcium Lipids are blue black Unfixed cryostat
therefor can penetrate the with post- chorming Nuclei is red sections preferred,
specimen. Sudan Black is slightly or frozen sections
basic dye and will combine with post fixed in formol
acidic groups in compound lipids, calcium
thus staining phospholipid also.
Sudan Black Method for Lipids
References
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