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Toluidine blue stain

Toluidine Blue Staining – Principle, Procedure, Uses

Avatar for Sourav Pan By Sourav Pan (M.Sc. in Microbiology) • Published on November 29, 2025 • 15 min read
Toluidine blue stain of Mast cell

Toluidine blue is a basic thiazine metachromatic dye that stains nuclei blue, and can be used to differentiate different types of granules (e.g. within mast cells).

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