Weigert's elastic stain
Weigert's elastic stain is a combination of stains used in histology which is useful in identifying elastic fibers. Often orcein or a combination of resorcinol and fuchsine are used for staining. For counterstaining cell nuclei nuclear fast red or hematoxylin is also used. After applying elastic fibers show up blue coloured while cell nuclei gets red or blue.
See also
- Karl Weigert
- Masson's trichrome stain
External links
- "Weigert's elastic stain". Stainsfile. Archived from the original on 2018-12-29.
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Microbial and histological stains
- Perls Prussian blue
- Sudan stain
- Sudan II
- Sudan III
- Sudan IV
- Oil Red O
- Sudan Black B
- Cresyl violet
- Cyanine
- Jaswant Singh–Bhattacharji (JSB) stain
- H&E stain
- Janus Green B
- Giemsa stain
- Gömöri trichrome stain
- Luxol fast blue stain
- Methyl blue
- Moeller stain
- Movat's stain
- Neutral red
- Schaeffer–Fulton stain
- Silver stain
- Wright's stain
- Acidophilic
- Basophilic
- Chromophobic
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