Tissue fixation

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Tissue fixation, usually just fixation, is an important part of tissue preparation for histologic examination. It is typically done with formulin.

There are a number of fixatives:

  • Formulin.

To fix marking dye:

  • Formal-acetic alcohol (FAA):[1]
  • Bouin's solution.

Forumlin

  • Formaldehyde.

Formal-acetic-alcohol

General:

  • Different recipes exist.

One recipe:[2]

  • Ethanol.
  • Acetic acid.
  • Formaldehyde.
  • Methanol.

See also

References

  1. ↑ URL: http://www.brunelmicroscopes.co.uk/acatalog/Solvents___Reagents.html. Accessed on: 5 January 2011.
  2. ↑ URL: https://fscimage.fishersci.com/msds/45357.htm. Accessed on: 5 January 2011.

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