Histo Sem W2: Fixative - Aldehyde Solutions

microanatomical fixatives

brasil’s

microanatomical fixatives

bouin’s

microanatomical fixatives

helly’s

microanatomical fixatives

zenker’s fluid

microanatomical fixatives

heidenhain’s susa

microanatomical fixatives

formol sublimate

microanatomical fixatives

10% formol saline

microanatomical fixatives

10% neutral buffered formalin

cytological fixatives

preserves specific parts of the cell

nuclear fixatives

with glacial acetic acid

cytoplasmic fixatives

without glacial acetic acid

nuclear fixatives

newcomer’s

nuclear fixatives

heidenhain’s susa

nuclear fixatives

carnoy’s

nuclear fixatives

bouin’s

nuclear fixatives

flemming’s (with acetic acid)

cytoplasmic fixatives

flemming’s (without acetic acid)

cytoplasmic fixatives

formalin with post chroming

cytoplasmic fixatives

muller’s

cytoplasmic fixatives

helly’s

cytoplasmic fixatives

orth’s

histochemical fixatives

preserves the chemical constituents of cells and tissues

histochemical fixatives

newcomer’s fluid

histochemical fixatives

formol saline

histochemical fixatives

acetone

histochemical fixatives

absolute ethanol

formaldehyde

gas produced by the oxidation of methanol

37-40%

percent formaldehyde: working solution

10%

percent formaldehyde: stock solution

10% NBF

for preservation and storage of surgical, post-mortem research

gendre’s fluid

alcoholic formalin

gendre’s fluid

good for preservation of glycogen

gendre’s fluid

used for sputum

10% formol saline

40% formalin diluted with 10% NaCl

10% formol saline

for fixation of CNS tissues and general PM tissues

formol corrosive

mercuric chloride

formol corrosive

routine PM tissues

glutaraldehyde

for enzyme histochemistry and electron microscopy

0.5%

percent glutaraldehyde: electron microscopy

2.5%

percent glutaraldehyde: small specimen

4%

percent glutaraldehyde: large specimen