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alcian blue

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alcian blue
a basic phthalocyanin dye that stains mucopolysaccharides blue.


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[FIGURE 1 OMITTED] Histochemically, neither Alcian blue nor periodic acid-Schiffstaining, with or without diastase positivity, was demonstrated in the neoplastic cells.
Sections of tubes were polished and treated with a 1 : 1 mixture of 25% glutaraldehyde and 1% acetic acid, to which alcian blue was added (Mutvei solution) before performing the SEM study (Schone et al.
For histochemistry, slides were stained with Alcian Blue PAS (ABPAS, alcian blue 5 min, Schiff's reagent 15 min) to show neutral mucopolysaccharides that are colored in a range of magenta (Sheehan & Hrapchak 1980), or Sudan Black B (SBB) to show lipids colored in black (Rodriguez-Moscoso & Arnaiz 1998).
 
 
 
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