This is the dye most commonly used to stain connective tissue.
Structures | Colour |
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Nuclei | black-brown |
Cytoplasm | yellow-brown |
Connective-tissue fibres - Collagen - Reticular - Elastic |
red - yellow |
Muscle tissue | yellow |
Erythrocytes | yellow |
Weigerts iron hematoxylin | This dye is one of the hematoxylins, but stains much more intensively than hemalaun. It is used with van Gieson’s dye to stain cell nuclei. |
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Picro-fuchsin or Picro-thiacid mixture | This dye solution simultaneously stains connective tissue red and muscle tissue yellow (simultaneous stain). |