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Nuclear Fast Red Solution Preparation and Application

By Editorial Team • Published on May 14, 2024 • 2 min readby Editorial Team

This dye has been used as a counterstain in saturated aqueous potassium alum and in a counterstain solution of 0.1% (w/v) with 5% aluminum sulfate for a Prussian Blue Stain for ferric iron. It has been used as a reagent for calcium in tissue where it forms a scarlet lake.

Mayer’s Hemalum Solution Preparation and Application

By Editorial Team • Published on May 14, 2024 • 4 min readby Editorial Team

This “Mayer’s hemalum solution – for microscopy” is used for human-medical cell diagnosis and serves the histological and clinico-cytological investigation of sample material of human origin.

Immunofluorescence Quenching Solution Preparation and Application

By Editorial Team • Published on May 14, 2024 • 1 min readby Editorial Team

Immunofluorescence Quenching Solution is used in immunofluorescence and immunocytochemistry applications.

Cresol Red Solution Preparation and Uses

By Editorial Team • Published on May 14, 2024 • 1 min readby Editorial Team

Cresol red is used as a tracking dye for DNA/RNA in agarose gel electrophoresis and protein in polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.

Ethidium Bromide Solution Preparation and use

By Editorial Team • Published on May 14, 2024 • 2 min readby Editorial Team

Ethidium bromide is used to visualize DNA in agarose gels and in many cesium chloride gradient protocols.

Chloroquine solution Preparation and Uses

By Editorial Team • Published on May 14, 2024 • 2 min readby Editorial Team

Chloroquine solution Preparation and Uses

It was originally used as an antimalarial compound. It kills the erythrocytic forms of malaria parasites at all stages of development but does not affect the sporozoites.

Bradford Stock Solution Preparation

By Editorial Team • Published on May 14, 2024 • 2 min readby Editorial Team

This solution is mainly used to determine the concentration of proteins in solution.

5-Fluorocytosine (5-FC) Solution Preparation

By Editorial Team • Published on May 14, 2024 • 3 min readby Editorial Team

5-Fluorocytosine (5-FC) Solution Preparation

5-fluorocytosine (5-FC) also known as Flucytosine. 5-Fluorocytosinewas first synthesized in 1957 as anti-tumor drug. It is an antifungal medication which is used with amphotericin B against Candida infections and cryptococcosis. This drug is mainly taken by mouth and by injection into a vein.

Lysine Iron Agar (LIA) Test Principle, Procedure, Result

By Editorial Team • Published on May 14, 2024 • 6 min readby Editorial Team

Lysine Iron Agar (LIA) Test Principle, Procedure, Result

What is the Lysine Iron Agar (LIA) Test? The solid medium Lysine Iron Agar (LIA) is indicated for use in qualitative techniques for the differentiation of microorganisms based on the generation of lysine decarboxylase and hydrogen sulphide. Purpose of Lysine Iron Agar (LIA) Test Principle of Lysine Iron Agar (LIA) Test Lysine Iron Agar Composition … Read more

Stokes Disc Diffusion Method – Principle, Procedure, Result.

By Editorial Team • Published on May 14, 2024 • 21 min readby Editorial Team

Stokes Disc Diffusion Method Principle, Procedure, Result.

Stokes disc diffusion method isn’t as well-standardized as Kirby-Bauer’s method and is utilized in labs especially where the exact amount of antimicrobial present in discs isn’t known because of the difficulty in getting discs and correctly storing them or when other requirements needed for the Kirby-Bauer method cannot be fulfilled.