Aqueous mounting medium, Fluoroshield™, Sigma-Aldrich®

Fluoroshield™ is an aqueous mounting medium for preserving fluorescence of tissue and cell smears.

• Storage temperature: 2 - 8 °C

This unique formula prevents rapid photobleaching of FITC, Texas Red®, AMCA, Cy®, Cy3™, Cy5, Alexa Fluor® 488, Alexa Fluor® 594, Green fluorescent protein (GFP), tetramethylrhodamine, R-phycoerythrin (R-PE), phycocyanin (PC), and allophycocyanin (APC).

Applications:
- Mounting medium for cultured megakaryocytes and immunostained platelets for confocal microscopy studies
- Mounting medium for 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) stained heart sections for immunofluorescence studies
- Preserve fluorescence of C6 cell smears