Stains for Light Microscopy

Protein Ark’s Quick Coomassie protein stain offers unrivalled performance up to 50 times more sensitive than other rapid stains.

Methachromatic fluorescent cationic dye which permeates the cell membrane and intercalates DNA and RNA. 25g. 

Heteroglycan stain for mucosubstances. 25g.

Anthraquinone derivative. 25g. 

Fluorescent stain for glycogen. Alcohol soluble or water soluble available. 25g. 

Stain for nuclei, blood and bone marrow smears. 25g. 

Supravital haematology stain for counting the reticulocytes in peripheral blood smears. 25g. 

Basic dye which is soluble in both water and alcohol.  Special prices valid while stocks last. 

Red-coloured stain for animal starches such as glycogen. 25g. 

Metachromatic stain that is used to stain amyloid tissues. 25g. 

Crystal Ponceau is predominantly used in the MSB staining procedure for the staining of connective tissue, fibrin, collagen fibres and erythrocytes. 25g. 

Brominated fluorescein dye derivative used as an acidic red stain for cell cytoplasm. Yellowish (water soluble) or bluish (spirit soluble). 25g. 

Tissue and protein stain and a quantitative stain for histone at alkaline pH after acid extraction of DNA. 25g. 

Stain for epithelial defects. 25g. 

Stain for collagen, smooth muscle or mitochondria. 25g. 

Cytological counter stain. 25g. 

Stain for myelinated axons in brain and spinal cord tissue, neurons, myelin and phospholipids. 25g. 

Acid triphenylmethane dye which colours collagen fibres. 25g. 

Stain for mitochondria, a variety of bacteria and leukocytes. 25g. 

Chromogenic counterstain which stains nuclei acids green.

Stains nuclei red, can be used as a histology stain for lysosomes and can also be used as a pH indicator. 25g. 

Acidic stain used for negative staining. 

Stain for lipids and fat. 

Orange G is used to stain specimens for carcinoma diagnosis. 25g.