Dye purity and dye standardization for biological staining

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 57-80

  Lyon, Hans O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Assaying dye components; Commercial quality control; Dye impurities; Identifying dye components; Pure dye; Quality control; Separating dye components; Standardized protocols and documentation; Standardized reagents; Standardized staining methods

Indexed keywords

DYE; REAGENT; SOLVENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ASSAY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISTILLATION; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; PRECIPITATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SEDIMENTATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SPECTROSCOPY; STAINING; STANDARDIZATION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0036268207     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/bih.77.2.57.80     Document Type: Review

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