Azan stain

The Azan stain is a histological overview stain . The name is made up of the two color components Az okarmin G and An ilinblau -Goldorange. The coloring was developed by the German anatomist Martin Heidenhain (1864–1949), but there are several variations of this coloring technique.

With the Azan staining, cell nuclei ( chromatin ) and the cytoplasm are stained red, glia reddish, mucus blue and collagen and reticular fibers dark blue.

literature

• Maria Mulisch, Ulrich Welsch (ed.): Romeis - microscopic technology. 18th edition. Spectrum, Akad. Verlag Heidelberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-8274-1676-6 .

Web links

• Staining protocol

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jean-Marie Exbrayat: Genome Visualization by Classic Methods in Light Microscopy , 2001 CRC Press, ISBN 0-8493-0043-6 .