Basic Fuchsin-Ferric Chloride: a Simplification of Weigert's Resorcin-Fuchsin Stain for Elastic Fibres
- 1 January 1974
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Stain Technology
- Vol. 49 (4) , 207-209
- https://doi.org/10.3109/10520297409116979
Abstract
Weigert's resorcin-fuchsin stain for elastic fibres can be simplified by the omission of the resorcinol. The resulting “basic fuchsin-ferric chloride” gives results indistinguishable from those achieved with resorcin-fuchsin on tissues fixed in Bouin, Carnoy, Gendre, neutral formah, Susa or Zenker solutions. Gel filtration chroma tography on Sephadex LH20 showed that the staining components of basic fuchsin-ferric chloride had a high molecular weight, so selective staining of elastic fibres by this method may well be due to van der Waals attractions.Keywords
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