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A polychrome stain for conventionally fixed paraffin‐embedded woody plant tissues
Author(s) -
Sam Sterling J.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of microscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2818
pISSN - 0022-2720
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2818.1982.tb04634.x
Subject(s) - stain , safranin , staining , differential staining , polychrome , woody plant , pathology , biology , botany , art , medicine , visual arts
SUMMARY A method for the differential staining of conventionally fixed paraffin‐embedded woody plant tissue is described. A five‐component stain combination is used with Bismarck Brown, included to avoid the stain variability, precipitation, and overstaining problems often encountered when using safranin.