Toluidine blue stain
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Toluidine blue stain in a vasculitic peripheral neuropathy.
Toluidine blue is a basic thiazine metachromatic dye with high affinity for acidic tissue components.[1]
It stains nucleic acids blue and polysaccharides purple and also increases the sharpness of histology slide images. It is especially useful today for staining chromosomes in plant or animal tissues, as a replacement for Aceto-orcein stain.
Results
The results depend on the studied organs:[2]
- Mastocytes in purple
- Cartilage in purple
- Mucins in purple/red
- Nuclei in blue
It is used in forensic examination,[3] renal pathology[4] and neuropathology.
See also
References
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