Special stain

Detection of Acid - fast bacilli

Acid mucopolysaccharides

Acid and neutral mucins

Demonstration of Bile pigments

Acid mucopolysaccharides and sialomucins

Demonstrtion of amyloid in tissues

Staining copper in tissues

Stain for elastic fibers, collagen, and cardiac or skeletal muscle

Staining method for acid fast bacilli

Stain for argentaffin material. For diagnosis of melanomas, carcinoid tumors and pheochromocytoms

Demonstration of Fungi

Demonstration of iron/hemosiderin in tissues

Demonstrates glomerular basement membrane

Connective tissue stain for demonstration of reticulin fibers in tissues

To demonstrate collagen and caridac or skeletal muscle fibers

For demonstration of calcium in tissues