PATHOLOGY AND BACTERIOLOGY 



Nuclear stains (basic) 



Thionin 

 Methylene blue 



Toluidin blue 



Safranin 



Cresyl violet 



Fuchsin 



Hoffman's violet 



Iodine green 



Gentian violet (including crystal 



and methyl violets) 

 Pyronin 



Cochineal and carmin 

 Orcein 

 Haematoxylin 



Blood stain constituents 



Orange G. (acid) 

 Narcein (acid) 

 Methylene blue (basic) 

 Methylene azure (basic) 

 Neutral red (acid) 

 Acid fuchsin (acid) 

 Methyl green (basic) 

 Pyronin (basic) 

 Rhodamine (acid) 

 Eosin Y (acid) 



Fat stains 



Sudan IV 



Nile blue sulfate. 



Bacterial stains 



Cytoplasm stains (acid) 



Picric acid 



Martins yellow (for cancer 



tissue) 

 Orange G. 

 Methyl orange 



Amaranth (for nervous tissue) 

 Biebrich scarlet W. S. 

 Congo red 

 Alizarin red S. 

 Neutral red 

 Nigrosin 



Malachite green Used 



Light green SF yellowish 

 Acid fuchsin 

 Methyl blue 

 Anilin blue, W. S. 

 Eosin Y. 

 Ervthrosin 



Bismarck brown (Gram counter- 

 stain) 



Thionin 



Methylene blue 



Safranin (Gram counterstain) 



Fuchsin 



Gentian violet (including crystal 

 and methyl violets) 



Methyl green (constituent of 

 Pappenheim stain) 



Pyronin 



Erythrosin 



Rose bengal 



in bacteriological media 



Neutral red 

 Fuchsin 

 Acid fuchsin 

 Brilliant green 



Methylene blue 

 Eosin Y. 



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