Well, to my knowledge, sucrose is not a fixative (I
know about the reports on honey, just nothing on
sucrose). Formalin contains formaldehyde, a fixative.
Sucrose is normally used to replace water for better
tissue preservation during freezing when flash
freezing is not done. Never heard of it as a
fixative, though. I'm open to information to that
event....
Roger Moretz, Ph.D.
Dept of Toxicology (1 more day)
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Ridgefield, CT
(then I retire!!!!)
--- Gamal Akabani wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I would like to know what are the difference between
> sucrose and
> formalin fixation.
> I am trying to carry out some immunohistochemitrsy
> and autoradiography.
>
> Thank you in advanced
>
> Gamal
>
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