A simple and rapid microwave-assisted hematoxylin and eosin staining method using 1,1,1 trichloroethane as a dewaxing and a clearing agent

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 80, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 123-132

  Temel, Sehime G ^a   Noyan, S ^a   Cavusoglu, I ^a   Kahveci, Z ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

1,1,1 trichloroethane; Clearing; Dewaxing; H E; Microwave

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; XYLENE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STAINING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE PREPARATION;

EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); HEAT; HEMATOXYLIN; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INTESTINES; MICROWAVES; PARAFFIN; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAINING AND LABELING; TRICHLOROETHANES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 29044431956     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: 14737760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10520290500303190     Document Type: Article

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