Kasten fluorescent PAS stain

Kas·ten fluor·es·cent PAS stain

(kas'tĕn),

a fluorescent modification of the periodic acid-Schiff stain for polysaccharides that uses one of Kasten fluorescent Schiff reagents.

Kasten,

Frederick H., U.S. histochemist and cell biologist, 1927–.

Kasten fluorescent Feulgen stain - a fluorescent modification of the Feulgen stain.

Kasten fluorescent PAS stain - a fluorescent modification of the periodic acid Schiff stain for polysaccharides that uses one of the Kasten fluorescent Schiff reagents.

Kasten fluorescent Schiff reagents - used in cytochemical detection of DNA.