Open AccessComparing the efficacy of coconut oil and xylene as a clearing agent in the histopathology laboratory
Author(s) -
Wajid Sermadi,
Sudeendra Prabhu,
Swetha Acharya,
Shivalingappa B Javali
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/0973-029x.141348
Subject(s) - coconut oil , xylene , clearing , histopathology , staining , shrinkage , toxicology , chemistry , medicine , biology , materials science , food science , pathology , composite material , organic chemistry , toluene , economics , finance
The commonly used clearing agent, xylene is supposed to be highly toxic and carcinogenic. As previous research studies have shown the effectiveness of different vegetable oils as clearants, this study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of coconut oil.