The color purple: From royalty to laboratory, with apologies to Malachowski

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-35

  Krafts, K P ^a   Hempelmann, E ^b   Oleksyn, B J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aniline dye; History of medicine; Malachowski; Malaria; Perkin; Polychroming; Shellfish purple; Tyrian purple; Wright

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT; EOSIN; METHYLENE BLUE; ROMANOWSKY GIEMSA STAIN; ROMANOWSKY-GIEMSA STAIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CYTOCHEMISTRY; GIEMSA STAIN; HEMATOLOGY; HISTORY; MICROSCOPY; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AZURE STAINS; CHROMOSOMES; COLORING AGENTS; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); HEMATOLOGY; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; METHYLENE BLUE; MICROSCOPY; STAINING AND LABELING;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TYRIA;

EID: 78751500879     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: 14737760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10520295.2010.515490     Document Type: Article

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