Dye-tissue interactions: Mechanisms, quantification and bonding parameters for dyes used in biological staining

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 49-72

  Dapson, Richard W ^a  

^a Anatech Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonding parameters; Coordinate bonding; Covalent bonding; Dye tissue interactions; Hydrogen bonding; Ionic bonding; Molecular modeling; Staining mechanisms; van der Waals attractions

Indexed keywords

DYE; HALOGEN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; CHELATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BINDING; CONJUGATION; COVALENT BOND; DIPOLE; ELECTRICITY; GEOMETRY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR MODEL; POLARIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLUBILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE INTERACTION; TISSUE SECTION; VITAL STAIN;

COLORING AGENTS; ELECTROSTATICS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; STAINING AND LABELING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 26044445527     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: 14737760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10520290500219982     Document Type: Article

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