Stain Kits
Oil Red O Kit
Four-reagent kit for selective staining and detection of fat cells and neutral fats according to Johnson. It can be used with frozen sections and fresh smears to detect obesity-linked pathologies such as dyslipidemia and diabetes type.
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Orcein kit
Five-reagent kit for visualisation of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) seen as viral inclusion bodies in hepatocytes, for elastic fibres and copper associated protein in tissue sections. It can be used with frozen sections.
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P.A.S. Diastase Kit
BioGnost’s P.A.S. Diastase kit is most commonly used for identifying glycogen in liver. Periodic acid enables the molecules containing glycol groups to create aldehydes affected by Schiff’s reagent staining them violet (magenta). Specific stains are created by applying the PAS method on unsubsti-tuted polysaccharides, mucoproteins and glycoproteins, glycolipids and phospholipids. Alpha-amylase enzyme (also known as diastasis) is used for differentiation between glycogen and other PAS-positive structures by dissolving 1→4 glycosidic bonds, causing the glycogen to remain unstained after the PAS reaction. BioGnost’s P.A.S. Diastase kit uses thermostable enzyme which does not require heating to +37°C to be active, but incubat-ing the section at +37°C is preferred in order to achieve better glycogen breakdown. The same tissue section is used as negative control for this reaction, but the sample is not treated using alpha-amylase.
For 100 tests.
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P.A.S. kit
Five-reagent Periodic Acid-Schiff kit for staining aldehydes, muccopolysaccharides, mucoproteins and lymphocytes according to Hotchkiss-McManus. P.A.S. staining may also be used for the demonstration of fungal organisms in tissue sections.
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P.A.S.M. / Jones kit, stabilised
Seven-reagent Periodic Acid Silver Methenamine kit for staining kidney glomerular basement membranes. Kit includes red counterstain which provides visually rich contrast to target structures stained black.
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Paraldehyde Fuchsin kit
Seven-reagent kit according to Gomori for detecting pathological changes in elastic fibres. It also stains mast cell granules, beta granules in pancreatic islets, neurosecretory material, mast cell granules and beta cells in the pituitary gland.
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Reticulin Contrast kit
Nine-reagent kit for detecting argyrophilic reticulin fibres according to Gordon and Sweets. The kit contains gold chloride solution that enhances visualisation of reticulin fibres and it also contains Nuclear Fast Red (Kernechtrot) reagent that enables fine contrasting background.
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Reticulin kit
Seven-reagent kit for detecting argyrophilic reticulin fibres. It clearly differentiates between collagen and reticulin and nerve fibres and connective tissue. The main function of reticular fibres is to provide support and are normally found in liver, lymph nodes, spleen and kidneys.
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Rhodanine Kit
Four-reagent kit for detecting copper and copper-associated protein (CAP) in patients suffering from Wilson’s disease. Abnormal copper accumulations are predominately found in liver tissue, but can also be found in the brain and cornea of the eyes.
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Sperm-Diff RTU kit
Ready-to-Use three-reagent kit with reagents stored in containers that can be used as staining jars. Kit contains a fixative reagent, red and blue components for fast and effective staining.
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Sudan Black B kit
Four-reagent kit for staining neutrophil granules in haematological smears (blood or bone marrow films). Used as one of the methods for detecting myelocytic and myelomonocytic leukaemia.
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Sudan Black B Lipid kit
Four-reagent kit for specific lipid staining in cytochemistry. Sudan Black dye stains a few types of lipids, including neutral fats, phospholipids and sterols. It contains a double amount of Sudan Black B, solution.
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TB-Stain Auramine O Kit
Three-reagent kit for staining acid-fast bacteria using fluorescence method. Contains TB Auramine O reagent, double amount of TB Decolorizer Fluorescent and counterstain of TB Permanganate reagent.
4 x 100ml bottles.
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TB-Stain Cold Kit
Three-reagent kit for staining acid-fast bacteria according to Kinyoun. Contains TB Carbol Fuchsin reagent, double amount of TB Decolorizer and TB Malachite Green reagent as counterstain.
4 x 100ml bottles.
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TB-Stain ECO Kit
Three-reagent phenol-free kit for staining acid-fast bacteria. Contains TB-Fuchsin reagent, double amount of TB Decolorizer and Methylene Blue Loeffler’s reagent as counterstain.
5 x 100ml bottles.
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TB-Stain Fluorescent Kit
Three-reagent kit for fluorescence-microscopic detection of acid-fast bacteria. Contains TB Auramine-Rhodamine reagent, double amount of TB Decolorizer Fluorescent and TB Permanganate reagent as counterstain.
4 x 100ml bottles.
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TB-Stain Histo kit
Three-reagent kit for staining acid-fast bacteria (pathogenic mycobacteria) in histology sections, sputum, smears and culture smears according to Ziehl-Neelsen. Heating of the carbol-fuchsin solution is avoided in this protocol hence omitting the release of hazardous phenolic vapours.
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TB-Stain Hot Kit
Three-reagent kit for staining acid-fast bacteria. Contains TB Carbol Fuchsin reagent, double amount of TB Decolorizer and Methylene Blue Loeffler’s reagent as counterstain.
4 x 100ml bottles.
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TB-Stain Quick Kit
Three-reagent kit for rapid staining of acid-fast bacteria using Kinyoun-Gabbett method. Contains TB Carbol Fuchsin reagent and TB Armand reagent as counterstain.
3 x 100ml bottles.
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UriGnost S kit
Kit for sampling, staining, and microscopic analysis of urine sediment. Contains modified reagent according to Sternheimer (reagent manufactured according to the European Confederation of Laboratory Medicine (ECLM) and all the necessary equipment for sampling, concentrating, staining, and counting cells and kidney cylinders, as well as urine sediment analysis (test tubes with retentive bottom, Eppendorf 200 μL pipette tips and urine plates).
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UriGnost SM kit
Kit for sampling, staining and microscopic analysis of urine sediments. It contains modified reagent according to Sternheimer-Malbin and equipment required for sampling, concentration, staining, counting of kidney cells and kidney cylinders and urine sediment analysis (test tubes with retentive bottom, Eppendorf 200 μL pipette tips and urine plates).