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  • What is the general stain used in histopathology?
    H & E / haematoxylin and eosin
  • What does the Triple Mallory stain indicate?
    Connective tissue
  • What is the Gram stain used for?
    Bacteria
  • What does PAS/Periodic Acid Schiff stain indicate?
    Glycogen, Fungi, Basement membrane of tissue
  • What does Sudan stain indicate?
    Fat, Lipid, Phospholipid
  • What is Wright's stain used for?
    Blood, Bone marrow
  • What does Romanowsky's stain indicate?
    Blood, Bone marrow smear
  • What is Papanicolau's stain used for?
    Lipid, Vaginal Smear
  • What does the acid-fast stain indicate?
    Mycobacteria, Acid-fast bacteria
  • What does Masson's trichome stain indicate?
    Connective tissue, Mast cell
  • What does Congo red stain indicate?
    Amyloid
  • What does Safranin O stain indicate?
    Mucin, Cartilage, Mast cell
  • What does Oil-red-O stain indicate?
    Lipid
  • What does Toluidine blue stain indicate?
    Mast cell granule
  • What does PTAH/ phosphotungstinic acid haematoxylin stain indicate?
    Fibrin, Cross-Striation of Skeletal Muscle
  • What does GMS/ gomori methenamine stain indicate?
    Fungi
  • What does von Kossa stain indicate?
    Calcium & Calcium Salts
  • What does LFB/ Luxol fast blue stain indicate?
    Myelin/Myelin Bodies
  • What does Giemsa stain indicate?
    Bone Marrow
  • What does Fontana Masson stain indicate?
    Melanin & Argentaffin Cells
  • What does reticulum silver stain indicate?
    Reticulum Fibers
  • What does WG/ Verhoeff van Gieson stain indicate?
    Elastic Fibers
  • What does Tartrazine stain indicate?
    Cytoplasm, Cartilage, Mast Cell
  • What does Prussian blue stain indicate?
    Ferric Iron & Ferritin
  • What does osmium tetroxide stain indicate?
    Lipid
  • What does Orcien stain indicate?
    Elastic Fibers
  • What does Nissl stain indicate?
    DNA & RNA
  • What does Golgi stain indicate?
    Neuron
  • What does crystal violet stain indicate?
    Neuron, Glial Cells
  • What does Cajal stain indicate?
    Nervous Tissue
  • What does aldehyde fuscin stain indicate?
    Beta Cells of Pancreatic Islets