RE: Food colorings in histology
> We have stained sections with Mulberry juice using Aluminiun Ammonium
> Sulphate as a mordant.It stained nucleii blue-black. I have just dug out
> those sections (Oct 1978) and looked at them, and they are still fine.
Some
> have faded but the chromatin pattern is still discernable.
Black elder (elderberry, Sambucus nigra) was used sometimes instead of
haematoxylin in Germany and Austria but I have no idea what it contains.
It's still used for marmelade (I actually prefer Grandma's brand) and for
"colour-intensification" of (cheap) red wine. It stains VERY WELL,
especially white shirts and silk ties ;-)
Dr. Alexander Nader
Path. Institut Hanuschkrankenhaus
A-1140 Vienna
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