HISTOCHEMISTRY OF MYELIN VI. SOLVENT ACTION OF ACETONE ON BRAIN AND OTHER LIPID-RICH TISSUES
Open Access
- 1 February 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry
- Vol. 16 (2) , 115-118
- https://doi.org/10.1177/16.2.115
Abstract
The solvent action of acetone on frozen sections of brain and other lipid-rich tissues has been assessed by quantitative and chromatographic techniques. Under these histochemical conditions, acetone extracts free and esterified cholesterol, triglycerides and free fatty acids. Lecithin is not significantly extracted, while cephalins and sphingolipids are insoluble.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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