Use of oolong tea extract staining of soft-tissue specimens in low-vacuum scanning electron microscope with a cooling stage

Medical Electron Microscopy

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 254-257

  Sasaki, Yoshihiro ^a   Sato, Shigeru ^a   Adachi, Akiko ^a   Dan, Yukari ^b   Nishimura, Masako ^b  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Hitachi Science Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chilled scanning electron microscopy; Oolong tea extract staining; Trachea

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DYE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; METAL; OOLONG TEA EXTRACT; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DESICCATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STAINING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEA; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FIXATION; TRACHEA MUCOSA; VACUUM;

ANIMALS; COLD; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STAINING AND LABELING; TEA; TRACHEA;

EID: 0035738879     PISSN: 09184287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007950100023     Document Type: Article

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