Curcuma longa extract as a histological dye for collagen fibres and red blood cells

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 210, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 600-603

  Avwioro, O G ^a   Onwuka, S K ^b   Moody, J O ^b   Agbedahunsi, J M ^a   Oduola, T ^a   Ekpo, O E ^c   Oladele, A A ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Curcuma longa; Flavonoid and stain; Rhizome; Turmeric (tumeric); Zingiberaceae

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; ANTHRAQUINONE; COLLAGEN FIBER; CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT; DEOXYSUGAR; DYE; EOSIN; FLAVONOID; HEMATOXYLIN; INORGANIC COMPOUND; IRON; ORGANIC SOLVENT; TURMERIC;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; CULTURE MEDIUM; CURCUMA LONGA; CYTOPLASM; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION;

COLORING AGENTS; CURCUMA; CYTOPLASM; ERYTHROCYTES; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; HUMANS; MUSCLE CELLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; STAINING AND LABELING;

CURCUMA LONGA; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 34247542027     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00721.x     Document Type: Article

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