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Biological Stains 



Table 4. List of Biological Stains on Certification 



Basis, January 1, 1953 



Alizarin red S 



Anilin blue, water soluble 



Auramine O 



Azocarmine G 



Azure A 



Azure B 



Azure C 



Bismarck brown Y 



Brilliant cresyl blue 



Brilliant green 



Carmine 



Chlorazol black E 



Congo red 



Cresyl violet 



Crystal violet 



Eosin, bluish 



Eosin, yellowish 



Erythrosin B 



Ethyl eosin 



Fast green FCF 



Fuchsin, acid 



Fuchsin, basic 



Giemsa stain 



Hematoxylin 



Indigo carmine 



Janus green B 



Jenner's staiu 



Light green S. F. yellowish 



Malachite green 



Methyl green 



Methyl orange 



Methyl violet 2B 



Methylene blue chloride 



Methylene blue thiocyanate 



Methylene violet 



Neutral red 



Nigrosin 



Nile blue A 



Orange G 



Orange II 



Orcein 



Phloxine 



Pyronin B 



Pyronin Y 



Resazurin 



Rose bengal 



Safranin O 



Sudan III 



Sudan IV 



Sudan black B 



Tetrachrome stain (MacNeal) 



Thionin 



Toluidine blue O 



Wright's stain 



Table 5. List of Biological Stains Grouped According 

 to the Field in Which Used* 



Nuclear stains (basic) 

 Janus green B 

 Thionin 

 Azure A 

 Azure C 

 Methylene blue 

 Toluidine blue O 

 Cresyl violet 

 Safranin O 

 Magdala red 

 Auramine O 



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 Y 



Chrysoidin Y 



Congo red 



Benzopurpurin 4B 



Alizarin red S (for nervous tissue) 



ANIMAL HISTOLOGY 



Basic fuchsin 



Hofmann violet 



Iodine green 



Crystal or methyl violet 



Cochineal and carmine 



Orcein 



Brazilin 



Hematoxylin 



Neutral red 



Nigrosin 



Malachite green 



Light green SF yellowish 



Fast green FCF 



Acid fuchsin 



Methyl blue 



Anilin blue W. S. 



Rhodamine B 



Eosin Y 



Eosin B 



Ethyl eosin 



Phloxine 



Erythrosin (nervous tissue) 



Indigo carmine 



*In this table the stains in bold face tj^pe 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. 



