Table 3. A List of Biological Stains Grouped According to the Field in 



Which Used.* 



animal histology 

 Nuclear stains (basic) 



Janus green B. 



Thionin 



Methylene blue 



Toluidin blue 



Cresyl violet 



Safranin 



Magdala red 



Auramin 



Fuchsin 



Hoffman's violet 



Iodine green 



Gentian violet (including'crystai and methyl violets) 



Cochineal and carmin 



Orcein 



Brazilin 



Haematoxylm 



Cytoplasm stains (acid) 



Picric acid 

 Orange G. 



Bordeaux red 



Fast yellow (bone tissue) 



Methyl orange (for keratin in skin) 



Amaranth (nervous tissue) 



Biebrich scarlet W. S. 



Bismarck brown 



Congo red 



Tr^'pan red (vital staining) 



Benzopurpin -iB 



Tr\T)an blue (vital staining) 



Alizarin red S (for nervous tissue) 



Neutral red (largely for vital staining) 



Nigrosin 



Malachite green 



Light green SF yellowish 



Acid fuchsin 



Methyl blue 



Anilin blue W. S. 



Rhodamine 



Eosin Y. 



Eosin, ale. sol. 



Erythrosin (nervous tissue) 



Indigo carmin 



Fat stains 



Sudan III 

 Sudan IV 



Nile blue sulfate. 



*In this table the stains in bold faced type are those of widest application. 

 When a stain is specified for practically only one purpose that purpose is mentioned 

 in parenthesis; the stains not so designated are of fairly general application in the 

 particular field under which they are listed. 



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