Demonstration of lipids in plastic resin-embedded sections of skin material

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-9

  Meyer, W ^a   Schmidt, J ^a   Busche, R ^a   Jacob, R ^b   Naim, H Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lipid demonstration; Plastic sections; Skin

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACIDS; MAMMALS; RESINS;

BUTADIENYL; EPIDERMAL BARRIER; FREE FATTY ACID; FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS; GLYCO LIPIDS; LIPID DEMONSTRATION; MAMMALIAN SPECIES; PLASTIC SECTION; PLASTICS RESINS; SEBACEOUS GLAND;

DEMONSTRATIONS;

3,5 BIS (4 PHENYL 1,3 BUTADIENYL) 4,4 DIFLUORO 4 BORA 3A,4A DIAZA S INDACENE; 5 HEXADECANOYLAMINOFLUORESCEIN; FATTY ACID; FLUORESCENT DYE; GLYCOLIPID; RESIN; SKIN LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPYBARA; CAT; CATTLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBEDDING; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HORSE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEBACEOUS GLAND; STRATUM CORNEUM; SWINE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 58449083313     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.03089.x     Document Type: Article

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