At 03:54 PM 10/23/01 -0500, SDSU HISTO wrote:
>Hi to all of you out in histoland.  I have been enjoying learning from this
>site.  I am making the Giemsa stain for Gaffney's Giemsa.  It calls for
>Azure II eosin in dry form.  Is this the same as Azure II from Sigma?

Have you checked the Color Idex numbers?  I was looking through Conn's and
could not find Azure II eosin, but did find Azur A, B &  C.  There is a
reference to azure eosin, but I get the impression from my quick glance
through that Azure II was never characterized or named, so it wouldn't have
a CI number.  I'm only guessing, but I would think that Azure II from sigma
may be different from the Azure II eosin.  You might call Sigma and ask them.

Connie McManus

>Thanks
>Margaret Perry
>Lab Technician
>Box 2175 
>Veterinary Science
>South Dakota State University
>Brookings, SD 57007
>sdsu_histos@sdstate.edu
>
>

Veterinary Diagnostics Lab
Utah State University
Logan, UT
USA
(435) 797-1891
fax (435) 797-2805