Histological Staining Techniques

• A-F
• G-J
• K-O
• P-T
• U-Z

A - F

• Alcian blue
• Alcian blue/PAS
• Alcian blue/safranine (Csaba)
• Aldehyde fuchsin for pancreatic islet cells
• Aldehyde fuchsin/alcian blue for sulphated and carboxylated mucins
• Alizarin red S for calcium
• Barrett\'s method for pituitary
• Bleach for melanin
• Bluing haematoxylin stained sections
• Carbol chromotrope for eosinophils
• Celestine blue
• Congo red for amyloid
• DMAB-rhodanine for copper
• Dunn/Thompson for haemoglobin
• Formalin pigment removal
• Fouchet for bile pigments

G - J

• Giemsa for blood cells and parasites
• Goldner\'s Trichrome for Osteoid
• Gomori\'s hexamine silver for basement membranes
• Gomori\'s trichrome
• Goodpasture\'s method for encephalitozoa
• Gordon and Sweets\' method for reticulin
• Gram for bacteria
• Gram\'s iodine
• Gram/Twort for bacteria
• Grimelius for argyrophil cells
• Grocott/Gomori hexamine silver for fungi
• Haematoxylin and eosin (H&E)
• Haematoxylin and eosin for cytology or frozen sections
• Harris\' haematoxylin
• High iron diamine/alcian blue for sulphated and carboxylated mucins
• Holmes\' for axons and muscle striations
• H.V.G. (Haematoxylin/van Gieson or Weigert/van Gieson)

K - O

• Leishman for blood cells and parasites
• Lugol\'s iodine
• Luxol fast blue/cresyl violet
• Macchiavello for rickettsieae
• Masson/Fontana for melanin
• Masson\'s trichrome
• Mayer\'s haematoxylin
• Melanin bleach
• Methenamine silver (Gomori)
• Methyl green/pyronin (M.G.P.) for R.N.A. & D.N.A.
• Miller\'s elastin stain (E.V.G.)
• Mallory\'s phosphotungstic acid haematoxylin for glial fibres
• Mallory\'s phosphotungstic acid haematoxylin for non-C.N.S. tissues
• M.S.B.(martius/scarlet/blue) for connective tissue and fibrin
• Naumenko/Feigin (modification of Cajal) for astrocytes
• Nuclear fast red counterstain
• Oil red O for fats

P - T

• Palmgren for peripheral nerve fibres
• P.A.S. (periodic acid Schiff) for carbohydrates
• Perls\' Prussian blue for ferric salts
• Phloxine tartrazine for viral inclusions
• Pigment identification charts
• Reticulin (Gordon & Sweets)
• Rubeanic acid for copper
• Safranine O/fast green for cartilage
• Schmorl for lipofuscins
• Scott\'s tap water substitute
• Sirius red for amyloid
• Solochrome cyanine for myelin
• Toluidine blue for mast cells
• Toluidine blue for amyloid
• Turnbull\'s blue reaction for ferrous salts

U - Z

• Von Kossa for calcium
• Van Gieson\'s stain
• Warthin & Starry for Tyzzer\'s disease and spirochaetes
• Weigert\'s iron haematoxylin
• Wright\'s stain for blood films
• Weigert/van Gieson"
• Ziehl-Neelsen (Z.N.) for tubercle bacilli
• Ziehl-Neelsen (Z.N.) modified for lipofuscin
• Z.N./Wade-Fite variant for leprosy bacilli