Description
Key facts
Form:LiquidSee storage information,
Storage buffer:Constituents: 65% Ethanol, 3.8% Isopropanol, 1% Acetic acid, 0.25% Eosin Y
Product details:
Eosin Y Solution (Modified Alcoholic) ab246824 is intended for use in histology and cytology applications. This newly formulated Eosin provides the benefits of a traditional alcoholic formula with significant improvements in usability. Advantages include lower evaporation rate, better color patterns, reduced tendency to spill over container, hands, and countertops, and improved surface tension to remain on tissue section.
Cytoplasm: Light Pink
Collagen: Pink
Muscle: Pink/Rose
Erythrocytes: Pink/Red
Control Tissue:
Any well fixed paraffin embedded or frozen tissue section. Cell smear.
Procedure:
1. Deparaffinize sections if necessary and hydrate to distilled water.
2. Dip slide in absolute alcohol and blot excess off.
3. Apply adequate Eosin Y Solution (Modified Alcoholic) to completely cover tissue section to excess and incubate for 2-3 minutes.
4. Rinse slide using absolute alcohol.
5. Dehydrate slide in 3 changes of absolute alcohol.
6. Clear slide and mount in synthetic resin.
Other products for staining tissue sections
This Eosin Y solution is also available in
H&E staining kit ab245880
Find more kits and reagents in the
special stains guide
, or products for antigen retrieval, blocking, signal amplification, visualization, counterstaining, and mounting in the
IHC kits and reagents guide
Properties and Storage Information:
Shipped at conditions-Ambient - Can Ship with Ice, Appropriate short-term storage conditions-Ambient, Appropriate long-term storage conditions-Ambient
