REAGENT and DYE SOLUBILITY CHART (this is to be used
as a guide only as solubility data varies between manufacturers
for the same product especially for dyes)1-3
| 1,4-naphthoqinone | ||
| 1-naphthol | ||
| 2-butoxyethanol | ||
| 2-ethoxyethanol | ||
| 2-mercaptoethanol | ||
| 2-nitropropane | ||
| 4-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde | ||
| 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl
phosphate | ||
| Absolute ethanol | ||
| Acacia | ||
| Acetic acid | ||
| Acetone | ||
| Acid fuchsin | ||
| Acridine orange | ||
| Acriflavine | ||
| Adenosine 5-triphosphate | ||
| Agar |
| |
| Agarose | ||
| Alcian blue | ||
| Alizarin red S | ||
| Aluminium ammonium sulphate | ||
| Aluminium chloride | ||
| Aluminium oxide | ||
| Aluminium potassium sulphate |
| |
| Aluminium sulphate | ||
| Ammonium carbonate | ||
| Ammonium chloride | ||
| Ammonium ferrous sulphate | ||
| Ammonium hydroxide | ||
| Ammonium nitrate | ||
| Ammonium oxalate | ||
| Ammonium sulphate | ||
| Ammonium sulphide | ||
| Aniline blue | ||
| Arsenic trioxide | ||
| Auramine O | ||
| Azophloxine | ||
| Azur A | ||
| Azur B | ||
| Basic fuchsin | ||
| Benzoyl peroxide | ||
| Biebrich scarlet | ||
| Bismark brown | ||
| Bromine | ||
| Calcium chloride | ||
| Calcium hypochlorite | ||
| Carbazole | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | ||
| Carmine | ||
| Carminic acid | ||
| Celestin blue | ||
| Cellosolve | ||
| Cetyl alcohol | ||
| Chloral hydrate | ||
| Chloroform | ||
| Chromic potassium sulphate | ||
| Chromium oxide | ||
| Chromium trioxide | ||
| Chromotrop 2R | ||
| Citric acid | ||
| Clearene | ||
| Cobalt chloride | ||
| Congo red | ||
| Copper acetate | ||
| Copper sulphate | ||
| Cresyl fast violet | ||
| Crystal ponceau 6R | ||
| Crystal violet | ||
| Cupronilic blue | ||
| Cyanuric chloride | ||
| D-glucose | ||
| Dextran sulphate | ||
| Dextrin | ||
| Di-N-butyl phthalate | ||
| Di-potassium orthophosphate | ||
| Di-sodium hydrogen
orthophosphate | ||
| Diaminobenzidine | ||
| Dichloroethane | ||
| Diethyl ether | ||
| Dimethyl formamide | ||
| Dimethyl sulphoxide | ||
| Diphenylamine | ||
| Dithiol | ||
| Eosin B | ||
| Eosin Y | ||
| Epoxypropane | ||
| Erythrosin | ||
| Ethyl maleamide | ||
| Ethylene
Diaminetetraaceticacid | ||
| Ethylene glycol | ||
| Fast blue b salt | ||
| Fast garnet GBC | ||
| Fast green FCF | ||
| Fast ponceau | ||
| Fast red B | ||
| Fast red TR | ||
| Ferric chloride | ||
| Ferric sulphate | ||
| Fluorescein | ||
| Formaldehyde | ||
| Formamide | ||
| Formic acid | ||
| Gallocyanin | ||
| Giemsa | ||
| Glutaraldehyde | ||
| Glycerol | ||
| Glycerol monostearate | ||
| Glycine | ||
| Glycol methacrylate | ||
| Gold chloride | ||
| Haematin | ||
| Haematoxylin | ||
| Hydrochloric acid | ||
| Hydrogen peroxide | ||
| Hydroquinone | ||
| Imidazole | ||
| Indigo carmine | ||
| Iodine | ||
| Iron alum | ||
| Iron oxide | ||
| Iso-amyl alcohol | ||
| Isopentane | ||
| Isopropanol | ||
| Janus green B | ||
| l-lysine monohydrochloride | ||
| L-lysine monohydrochloride | ||
| Lead acetate | ||
| Lead nitrate | ||
| Levamisole | ||
| Light green SF | ||
| Lithium carbonate | ||
| Luxol fast blue | ||
| Magnesium chloride | ||
| Magnesium oxide | ||
| Magnesium sulphate | ||
| Malachite green | ||
| Manganese chloride | ||
| Martius yellow | ||
| Mercaptoethanol | ||
| Mercuric chloride | ||
| Mercuric oxide | ||
| Metanil yellow | ||
| Methanol | ||
| Methenamine | ||
| Methyl acetate | ||
| Methyl blue | ||
| Methyl green | ||
| Methyl methacrylate | ||
| Methyl violet | ||
| Methylamine | ||
| Methylene blue | ||
| Mollifex | ||
| N,N-D-methyl-p-
phenylenediamine | ||
| N-methylaniline | ||
| Naphthol | ||
| Naphthol AS-D chloroacetate | ||
| Naphthylamine | ||
| Neutral red | ||
| New fuchsin | ||
| Nickel sulphate | ||
| Nile blue sulphate | ||
| Nitric acid | ||
| Nitro blue tetrazolium | ||
| Nuclear fast red | ||
| Oil red O | ||
| Orange G | ||
| Orcein | ||
| Osmium tetroxide | ||
| Oxalic acid | ||
| Paraformaldehyde | ||
| Pararosaniline chloride | ||
| Patent blue | ||
| Perchloric acid | ||
| Periodic acid | ||
| Phenazine methosulphate | ||
| Phenol | ||
| Phenylenediamine | ||
| Phenylhydrazine | ||
| Phenylhydrazinium chloride | ||
| Phloxine | ||
| Phosphine 3R | ||
| Phosphomolybdic acid | ||
| Phosphotungstic acid | ||
| Picric acid | ||
| Poly-l-lysine | ||
| Polyethylene glycol | ||
| Polyvinyl alcohol | ||
| Polyvinylpyrrolidone | ||
| Ponceau 6R | ||
| Potassium acetate | ||
| Potassium cacodylate | ||
| Potassium carbonate | ||
| Potassium chlorate | ||
| Potassium chloride | ||
| Potassium citrate | ||
| Potassium dichromate | ||
| Potassium dihydrogen
orthophosphate |
| |
| Potassium ferricyanide | ||
| Potassium ferrocyanide | ||
| Potassium hydroxide | ||
| Potassium iodate | ||
| Potassium iodide | ||
| Potassium metabisulphite | ||
| Potassium nitrate | ||
| Potassium permanganate | ||
| Pyridine | ||
| Pyrocatechol | ||
| Pyronin Y | ||
| Quinacrine | ||
| Resorcin | ||
| Rhodamine B | ||
| Rosanilin | ||
| Rubeanic acid | ||
| Safanin O | ||
| Safsolv | ||
| Salicylic acid | ||
| Silicon carbide | ||
| Silver nitrate | ||
| Sirius red | ||
| Sodium acetate | ||
| Sodium arsenate | ||
| Sodium azide | ||
| Sodium bicarbonate | ||
| Sodium borate | ||
| Sodium borohydride | ||
| Sodium cacodylate | ||
| Sodium carbonate |
| |
| Sodium chloride | ||
| Sodium chromate | ||
| Sodium citrate | ||
| Sodium dihydrogen
orthophosphate |
| |
| Sodium dithionite | ||
| Sodium hydrosulphite | ||
| Sodium hydroxide |
| |
| Sodium hypochlorite | ||
| Sodium iodate | ||
| Sodium lactate | ||
| Sodium metabisulphite | ||
| Sodium nitrate | ||
| Sodium nitrite | ||
| Sodium periodate | ||
| Sodium phosphate | ||
| Sodium pyrophosphate | ||
| Sodium salicylate | ||
| Sodium sulphate | ||
| Sodium sulphite | ||
| Sodium thiocyanate | ||
| Sodium thiosulphate | ||
| Sodium tungstate | ||
| Solochrome cyanin | ||
| Stannous chloride | ||
| Sucrose | ||
| Sudab black B | ||
| Sudan III | ||
| Sudan IV | ||
| Sulphosalicylic acid | ||
| Sulphuric acid | ||
| Tannic acid | ||
| Tartrazine | ||
| Thioflavine T | ||
| Thionin | ||
| Thionyl chloride | ||
| Thymol | ||
| Toluene | ||
| Toluidine blue | ||
| Tri-sodium citrate | ||
| Tri-sodium orthophosphate | ||
| Tri-sodium phosphate | ||
| Trichloracetic acid | ||
| Trichloroethane | ||
| Trimethylamineformic acid | ||
| Tris | ||
| Uranyl nitrate | ||
| Urea | ||
| Victoria blue R | ||
| Zinc chloride | ||
| Zinc sulphate |
REFERENCE
1 Ajax Chemicals. Material Safety Data Sheets. Ajax
Chemicals Pty Ltd, Auburn, New South Wales, Australia. 1994
2 Bancroft JD and Stevens A. Theory and Practice
of Histological Techniques, 3rd edition. London. Churchill Livingstone
1990
3 Lillie RD. H.J. Conn's Biological Stains, 9th edition.
Baltimore. The Williams and Wilkins Co. 1977
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