Giemsa's stain solution for microscopy, Sigma-Aldrich®
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The Giemsa’s Azure Eosin Methylene Blue solution can be used for the staining of blood and bone marrow smears, paraffin sections and clinical-cytological specimens.
Giemsa staining is one of the standard procedures in histology, demonstrating various cells with their morphological features better than with H&E stain. The Giemsa stain can also be used to detect Helicobacter pylori in gastric tissue biopsies. The specimen material will show cell nuclei stained in various shades of blue, while other structures will appear in various red types. It is an IVD product and CE registered.
- CAS Number:51811-82-6
- MDL Number:MFCD00081642
- Boiling Pt:>65 °C (1013 hPa)
- Density:0.99 g/cm3 (20 °C)
- Storage Temperature:Ambient
- ADR:3 (6.1),II
- :M-Clarity™ quality level = MQ300
- Flash Pt:18 °C
- UN:1230
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Certificates
Search by Lot NumberMERC1.09204.0100_TDS_EN MERC1.09204.0500_TDS_EN MERC1.09204.1000_TDS_EN MERC1.09204.2500_TDS_EN Spec MERC1.09204.1000.pdf
Product specification
Merck Microscopy Giemsa
Videos
Merck The Color of Tissue Diagnostics
Product Literature
Specifications
Specification Test Results
- Suitability for microscopy:passes test
- Erythrocytes:reddish-brownish
- Nuclei:violet
- Eosinophilic granules:reddish to red-brown
- Neutrophilic granules:light violet
- Lymphocyte cytoplasm:Blue
- Monocyte plasma:grey-blue
- Thrombocytes:violet
- Basophilic granules:dark violet
- Blood parasite nuclei:light red
- Nuclei (Tissue section):blue to dark blue
- Cells:blue to dark blue
- Collagen:pale blue
- Osteoid:pale blue
- Eosinophilic granula (Tissue section):red
- Acidic mucopolysaccharides:reddish-violet
- Mast cell granules:reddish-violet
- Cartilage matrix:reddish-violet
- Acidophilic materials:orange-red
- Helicobacter pylori:blue to dark blue
Specifications
- Pack type:Plastic bottle
- Pk:1 L
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