Standard & Special Stains
- Shelf Life is one year from date manufactured unless otherwise stated.
- Store at 15-30°C unless otherwise stated.
Alcian Blue Stain 1%, pH 2.5 Aqueous
(use: Acidic Mucins & Carboxylated Mucosubstances; including Barrett’s Esophageal Biopsy)
Biebrich Scarlet-Acid Fuchsin Stain, Elastic-Trichrome, Aqueous
(use: Modified Verhoeff Elastic-Masson Trichrome Stain)
Carbol-Fuchsin Stain, Ziehl-Neelsen
(use: AFB stain for Ziehl-Neelsen, Fite)
- Shelf Life is 2 years from date of manufacture.
For more information on the individual stain kits for AFB that use this stain, click the specific stain kit of interest and it will take you to our Stain Kit Section;
Congo Red Stain Set, Bennhold, Amyloid
Sol’n A: Congo Red Stain 1%, Aqueous
Sol’n B: Alkaline Alcohol
Congo Red Stain Set, Puchtler, Amyloid
(use: Mod. of Bennhold; reduces background birefringence)
Sol’n A: Sodium Hydroxide 1%, Aqueous 25ml or 50ml
Sol’n B: Congo Red Stain, Alcoholic, 250ml or 500ml
Crystal Violet-Oxalate Stain, Alcoholic
(use: Brown-Brenn & Hucker-Twort Gram Stain.)
- Shelf Life is 2 years from date of manufacture.
Differential Stain Replacement Bottles
(use: Hematological Staining & *Special Stain for Helicobacter pylori.)
| Solution | Volume | Part # |
| Solution A: Xanthene Stain | 500 ml | 10521A |
| Gallon | 10521B | |
| Solution B: Thiazine Stain | 500 ml | 10522A |
| Gallon | 10522B | |
| Solution C: Fixative | 500 ml | 10523A |
| Gallon | 10523B |
Giemsa Stock Stain, Wolbach
(use: Wolbach & May-Grunwald mod. Giemsa Stain.)
- Shelf Life is 2 years from date of manufacture.
Gomori Basement Membrane Silver Set
(use: “No Titration” PAMM Stain for basement membranes. Other “Components” needed for procedure.)
Sol’n A: Methenamine 3%, Aqueous 250 ml
Sol’n B: Silver Nitrate 5%, Aqueous 50 ml
Sol’n C: Sodium Borate 5%, Aqueous 50 ml
Grocott Methenamine Silver Set, GMS
(use: Fungus Stain; Store @ 4°C.)
- Solution A: Silver Nitrate
- Solution B: Methenamine Borate
Hematoxylin 3%, Alcoholic
(use: Elastic-Masson Trichrome combination stain with myocardial applications.)
Light Green SF Yellowish Stain 1%, Aqueous
(use: Stock solution for GMS & Gomori Basement Membrane.)
Light Green SF Yellowish Stain 2%, Aqueous
(use: Elastic-Masson Trichrome & stock solutions for GMS & Gomori Basement Membrane.)
Luxol Fast Blue (LFB) Stain Set
(use: Myelin Stain)
Sol’n A: Luxol Fast Blue Stain 0.1%, Alcoholic
Sol’n B: Lithium Carbonate, Saturated Aqueous
Mayer Hematoxylin Stain Solution, Mayer Modified
Good news. We eliminated the Chloral Hydrate! Excellent for IHCs.
Click Here to see Mayer Hematoxylin in “Hematoxylin” Section.
Methylene Blue Stain 0.14%, Alcoholic
(use: AFB Stock Counterstain for Kinyoun)
For more information on AFB Stain, Kinyoun, click here.
Methylene Blue Stain 1.4%, Alcoholic
(use: AFB Stock Counterstain for Kinyoun)
For more information on AFB Stain, Kinyoun, click here.
Nigrosin Stain 10%, Aqueous
(Use: Sperm vitality staining)
- Shelf Life is 2 years from date of manufacture.
Nuclear Fast Red Stain, Kernechtrot
(use: Counterstain for Iron Stains, Schmorl Melanin & IHC Stains.)
- Shelf Life is 2 years from date of manufacture.
PAMM
Periodic Acid Methenamine Method
CLICK HERE to see GOMORI BASEMENT MEMBRANE Set #1131 in Standard & Special Stains Section
Rhodanine, Powder
p-dimethylaminobenzylidene rhodanine
(use: Copper Stain.)
- Shelf Life is 4 years from date of manufacture.
Schiff Reagent, McManus
(use: PAS Stains, Glycoproteins & Fungus.)
- Store at room temperature for up to one year.
Silver Nitrate 5%, Aqueous
(use:Von Kossa Calcium Stain, Gomori Basement Membrane & Gomori Methenamine Silver for Urates.)
Silver Nitrate 10%, Aqueous
(use: Fontana-Masson Silver Stain for argentaffin granules, Gordon & Sweets Reticulum.)
Thiazine Stain
Solution B of the Differential Stain Kit.
- Shelf Life 2 years from date of manufacture.
Trichrome Stain, Gomori One-Step, Fast Green
(Store at 4ºC.)
Improved with more intense green staining!
Twort's Gram Stain Set
(use: Hucker-Twort Gram Stain.)
- Shelf Life 2 years from date of manufacture.
Sol’n A: Neutral Red Stain 1%, Alcoholic
Sol’n B: Fast Green Stain 1%, Alcoholic
Victoria Blue Stain, Alcoholic
(uses include: Hepatitis B surface antigen, copper and venous invasion.)
Wright Stain Buffer Solution, pH 6.8
This product is located in our “Buffer” section of Reagents & Chemicals.
Wright Stain Fixative Methanol, Anhydrous, ACS
(use: Fixative for blood smears.)
Part numbers and pricing are located in our Alcohol Section, CLICK HERE
Xanthene Stain
Solution A of the Differential Stain Kit.
- Shelf Life 2 years from date of manufacture.
Weigert Iron Hematoxylin Stain Set
(Use: Mucin & Trichrome.)
Sol’n A: Ferric Chloride Aqueous Solution
Sol’n B: Hematoxylin Stain Solution, 1% Alcoholic
Click here for Part Number and Pricing in STAINS & STAIN KIT Section.