Gamal,
Acetic acid by itself causes cells to swell, Picric Acid causes excessive
shrinkage.  Strongly suggest you leave it in, but feel free to experiment
with throw away tissue and find out for yourself in your lab's environs.
Lauren

----- Original Message -----
From: Gamal Badawy <gmb505@bcssrv3.bham.ac.uk>
To: <histonet@pathology.swmed.edu>
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 10:05 AM
Subject: Acetic acid !


> Hi,
> I'm looking for an answer to this question:
> What is the role of acetic acid in Bouin's fixative and is it
> essential to be included in the formula for histology?
> Cheers
> Gamal
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