Mercurochrom can be used for the histochemical demonstration and microphotometric quantitation of both protein thiols and protein (mixed) disulfides

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 383-390

  Nöhammer, Gerhard ^a   Desoye, Gernot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERBROMIN; PROTEIN DISULFIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, EHRLICH TUMOR; CHICKENS; DISULFIDES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MERBROMIN; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; MICE; PHOTOMETRY; PROTEINS; RATS; STAINING AND LABELING; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFHYDRYL REAGENTS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030926133     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004180050124     Document Type: Article

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