Fwd: Sudan Black B

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From:Chewy71874@aol.com
To:HistoNet@pathology.swmed.edu, carmen.a.buttigieg@magnet.mt
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What were you planning to stain for?  The sigma kit we use is for the 
demonstration of neutrophil granules in blood or bone marrow films.  We use 
Oil red O for fats.  The Sudan Black B kit we use from Sigma is cat# 380-B.  
The principle of the test says that "several lipids including phospholipids, 
neutral fats and sterols are stained intensely by Sudan Black B."   Even for 
our Oil Red O we don't use FFPE tissue because the fats are destroyed by the 
processing.  Hope this helps.

Ellen



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