Minimum number of tests that can be performed 100
Completion time 1 hour 15 minutes
Shelf life 2 years
Storage conditions 15-25°C
Additional equipment Not required
Application
For viewing elastic fibers and secretory granules in alpha and beta cells of the islets of
Langerhans of the endocrine pancreas.
Results
Pancreatic beta-cell granules dark violet
Cellular nuclei dark violet
Connective tissue red
Tessuto connettivo green
Product for the preparation of cyto-histological samples for optical microscopy.
For demonstration elastic fibres, beta cells of pancreas, mast cells granules, mucin, argentaffin granules and acrosomes of spermatozoa.
METHOD
1) Bring sections to distilled water.
2) Put on the section 5 drops of reagent A and 5 drops of reagent B: leave to act 10 minutes.
3) Rinse in distilled water.
4) Put on the section 10 drops of reagent C, leave to act 5 minutes.
5) Rinse in distilled water.
6) Put on the section 10 drops of reagent D: leave to act 5 minutes.
7) Without washing, drip the slide and insert it in the humid chamber, put on the section 10 drops of reagent E: leave to act 20
minutes.
8) Drip the slide and put on the section 10 drops of reagent F: leave to act 10 minutes.
9) Rinse in distilled water.
10) Put on the section 10 drops of reagent G: leave to act 10 minutes.
11) Rinse in distilled water.
12) Put on the section 10 drops of reagent H: leave to act 5 minutes.
13) Rinse in distilled water, dehydrate in alcohol 95, absolute alcohol, clear in xylene and mount.