| List of Microscope Stains | |||
| Product Name: | CAS Number: | Quantity: | Description: |
| Nile Blue A | 3625-57-8 | 1g | A fat and lipid stain; differentiation of melamines and lipofuchsins. Staining for phospholipids. |
| Rose Bengal | 4159-77-7 | 5g | Protoplasm stain |
| Malachite Green Oxalate (Basic Green 4) | 2437-29-8 | 25g | In microbiology distinction of diphtheria and other bacteria. A vital stain for onion epidermis. |
| Hoechst 33342 | 875756-97-1 | Similar to 33258 but more lipophilic | |
| Nile Red | 7385-67-3 | 250mg | Solvatochromic dye. Stain for microplastic contamination in sea water also used in flow cytometry |
| Bismarck Brown Y | 10114-58-6 | 25g | PAP for staining smears. Nuclei & granules. Mucin & calciform cells of intestine, cartilage & embryo. |
| Vanillin | 121-33-5 | 100g | Useful stain for thin layer chromatography. Used with phloroglucinol. Used for visualising tannins. Not for food use |
| Wright Stain | 10g | For differentiation of blood corpuscles. Used with brilliant cresyl blue for staining platelets and reticulum of immature red cells. For staining blood and bone marrow films. | |
| Fluorescein free acid, Solvent Yellow 94 | 2321-07-5 | 1kg | fluoresces in solvent systems, used where normal fluorescein is unsuitable |
| Hoechst 33258 | 23491-45-4 | DNA label used in fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry | |
| Cresyl Fast Violet, (Cresyl Violet Acetate) | 10510-54-0 | 1g | Vogt's method for nerve cells. A neurological tissue stain. Nissl substance & PAS-positive material. Powers & Clark method for spinal cord and brain with formalin or fixed with Bouins. |
| Acridine Orange 1% Aqueous Solution | 65-61-2 | 45g | DNA, RNA fluorescent dye solution Lambda max abs 489 -495nm |
| Other fibre stains | TAPPI 401-om 93 Fibre Analysis, Other Stains | ||
| Acid Green 1 Naphthol Green B | 19381-50-1 | 50g | Collagen stain with many other uses. Formic acid solution soluble. Component of Hercules Size Test Ink |
| Biebrich Scarlet (Ponceau BS) | 4198-99-0 | 25g | Used with picric acid/aniline blue for staining collagen, recticulum, muscle, and plasma. Luna's method for erythrocytes & eosinophil granules. Guard's method for sex chromatin and nuclear chromatin. |
| Jenke's Stain | 60ml | Zinc free paper fibre stain, cellulose stain | |
| Auramine O | 2465-27-2 | 25g | Staining paraffin sections of infected tissue. Acid-fast organisms exhibit fluorescence. |
| Renaissance SR 3300 | 4193-55-9 | 100g | SR3300 is liquid countertype to Calcofluor for researchers needing this widely referenced stain. Note it is less soluble that SR2200. SR2200 is recommended if superior solubility is needed. SR3300 can be combined with Evans Blue to prevent autofluorescence of sections. As Evans Blue is classified as May Cause Cancer, Direct Blue 199 Liquid may be considered as an alternative. |
| Allura Red | 25956-17-1 | 100g | Strong red stain used by amateur microscopists also used as a strong red dye. Not for cosmetic or food use |
| Phloxine B | 18472-87-2 | 25g | For staining inclusion bodies and nuclei. Thomas's method for malarial parasites. For staining hemaglobin and hemosiderin. For staining keratin, prekeratin and mucin. A beta cell stain Counterstain for hematoxylin |
| Herzberg Stain | 100g | TAPPI 401-om 93 Fibre Type Analysis Method for Paper and Board | |
| Phloroglucinol | 108-73-6 | 25g | Wiesner stain for lignin, Tollens stain for pentoses, Gunzberg (alcoholic phloroglucinol / vanillin) stain for gastric hydrochloric acid. Plant rooting stimulant. |
| Hercules Size Test Ink | TAPPI 530-pm 89 method for testing the degree of sizing of paper | ||
| Crystal Violet | 548-62-9 | 1g | Gram stain Gram positive/Gram negative bacteria, and filaments. Holzer's method for glial fibers (nerve). Amyloid in pathological human tissue. Determining chromatin & nucleoli in plant tissue. |
| Erythrosin B (Erythrosin extra bluish) | 15905-32-5 | 10g | Used with methylene blue as a plasma stain for nerve cells. Use crystal violet for plant tissue. |
| Renaissance SCRI 2200 | 50g | stain for fungal hyphae evalated by Scottish Crop Research Association was superior to Calcofuor MR2 | |
| Renaissance SR2200 | 50g | very popular stain for Arabidopsis |
