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Routine Histology Stains

Sigma-Aldrich is a leading supplier of stains, chemicals and kits for use in routine histology. Various formulations of Hematoxylin and Eosin are supplied as ready-to-use solutions in several package sizes. Select from Harris, Gill's Numbers 1, 2, or 3, Mayer's Hematoxylin, or alcoholic or aqueous Eosin Y. If you want to prepare your own staining solutions, we offer Hematoxylin and Eosin dyes, and other necessary chemicals and reagents. The routine histology product line includes reagents “For In Vitro Diagnostic Use” for clinical labs.

Description
Application
Product #
Bouin’s solution Excellent fixative for preserving soft and delicate structures. Used as a mordant in various trichrome procedures.
General histological fixative.
 HT101128
Bouin’s solution Excellent fixative for preserving soft and delicate structures. Used as a mordant in various trichrome procedures.
General histological fixative.
 HT10132
Canada balsam BioChemika, for microscopy 60610
Canada balsam solution BioChemika, for microscopy embedding medium for microscopy
 03984
Decalcifying Solution-Lite bp 208 °F, aqueous solution Decalcifying Solution-Lite is intended to be used for the decalcification of routine, immunohistochemical and bone marrow core specimens.
 D0818
Decolorizing Solution D9817
Differentiation Solution A3429
Differentiation Solution A3179
Eosin Y solution, alcoholic HT110116
Eosin Y solution, alcoholic HT110132
Eosin Y solution, alcoholic HT110180
Eosin Y solution, alcoholic HT1101128
Eosin Y solution, alcoholic, with phloxine HT110316
Eosin Y solution, alcoholic, with phloxine HT110332
Eosin Y solution, alcoholic, with phloxine HT110380
Eosin Y solution, alcoholic, with phloxine HT1103128
Eosin Y solution, aqueous HT110216
Eosin Y solution, aqueous HT110232
Eosin Y solution, aqueous HT110280
Eosin Y solution, aqueous HT1102128
Epoxy Embedding Medium kit Universal embedding medium for semi- and ultrathin sections.
 45359
Epoxy embedding medium, accelerator ≥95% (NT) 45348
Formalin, 10%, Neutral Buffered, Wintergreen Scented Intended for use as a general purpose histological fixative. Wintergreen oil has been added to the standard formulation to provide a wintergreen scent.
 F5554
Formalin, 10%, Neutral Buffered with 0.03% Eosin Formalin solution intended for use as general histological fixative. The addition of the Eosin to the formulation allows the user to more easily visualize small fragments of tissue during the transfer of the tissue from the fixative to the tissue cassette.
 F5304
Formalin Neutralizer Kit Will neutralize 10 liters of 10% neutral buffered formalin
 FN0010
Formalin solution, neutral buffered, 10% HT501850
Gill Modified EA solution May be used in the Papanicolaou (PAP) procedure, HT40 or as a cytoplasmic counterstain in the Peroxidase (Myeloperoxidase) procedure, 391.
 3915128
Glycerol Gelatin Aqueous slide mounting media for histological use. Product must be warmed to 55-60° C before use. At approximately 37° C the product will return to semi-solid state.
 GG1
Hematoxylin Solution, Gill No. 1 General purpose nuclear stain, progressive type. Used with hematoxylin and eosin staining.
 GHS116
Hematoxylin Solution, Gill No. 1 General purpose nuclear stain, progressive type. Used with hematoxylin and eosin staining.
 GHS132
Hematoxylin Solution, Gill No. 1 General purpose nuclear stain, progressive type. Used with hematoxylin and eosin staining.
 GHS1128
Hematoxylin Solution, Gill No. 2 General purpose nuclear stain, progressive type. Used with hematoxylin and eosin staining.
 GHS216
Hematoxylin Solution, Gill No. 2 General purpose nuclear stain, progressive type. Used with hematoxylin and eosin staining.
 GHS232
Hematoxylin Solution, Gill No. 2 General purpose nuclear stain, progressive type. Used with hematoxylin and eosin staining.
 GHS280
Hematoxylin Solution, Gill No. 2 General purpose nuclear stain, progressive type. Used with hematoxylin and eosin staining.
 GHS2128
Hematoxylin Solution, Gill No. 3 General purpose nuclear stain, regressive type. Used with hematoxylin and eosin staining.
 GHS316
Hematoxylin Solution, Gill No. 3 General purpose nuclear stain, regressive type. Used with hematoxylin and eosin staining.
 GHS3128
Hematoxylin Solution, Gill No. 3 General purpose nuclear stain, regressive type. Used with hematoxylin and eosin staining.
 GHS332
Hematoxylin Solution, Gill No. 3 General purpose nuclear stain, regressive type. Used with hematoxylin and eosin staining.
 GHS380
Hematoxylin Solution, Harris Modified General purpose nuclear stain, regressive type. Used with hematoxylin and eosin staining.
 HHS16
Hematoxylin Solution, Harris Modified General purpose nuclear stain, regressive type. Used with hematoxylin and eosin staining.
 HHS32
Hematoxylin Solution, Harris Modified General purpose nuclear stain, regressive type. Used with hematoxylin and eosin staining.
 HHS80
Hematoxylin Solution, Harris Modified General purpose nuclear stain, regressive type. Used with hematoxylin and eosin staining.
 HHS128
Hematoxylin Solution, Mayer's General purpose nuclear stain, progressive type. Used with hematoxylin and eosin staining.
 MHS16
Hematoxylin Solution, Mayer's General purpose nuclear stain, progressive type. Used with hematoxylin and eosin staining.
 MHS32
Hematoxylin Solution, Mayer's General purpose nuclear stain, progressive type. Used with hematoxylin and eosin staining.
 MHS80
Hematoxylin Solution, Mayer's General purpose nuclear stain, progressive type. Used with hematoxylin and eosin staining.
 MHS128
Hematoxylin Solution, Mayer's General purpose nuclear stain, progressive type. Used with hematoxylin and eosin staining.
 MHS1
HistoChoice® Tissue Fixative Designed for the molecular biologist. Specially formulated to preserve antigenic sites for antibody probes and nucleic acid sites for in situ hybridizations. Fixed sections do not require predigestion or other recovery procedures to make important sites available.
 H2904
HPMA embedding kit BioChemika Used to formulate water-miscible embedding media of excellent cutting properties for microscopy
Water-miscible embedding material of excellent cutting properties for embedding of as well soft as hard tissue.
 17238
Immersion oil UV-transparent 56821
Immersion oil for microscopy 56822
Lowicryl® HM23 reagent kit BioChemika, for microscopy 62637
Lowicryl® K4M reagent kit BioChemika, for microscopy 62639
LR Accelerator 62660
LR Catalyst 62663
LR White embedding kit BioChemika Embedding medium with low viscosity for unfixed semi- and ultrathin sections for immuno cytochemistry and immuno histochemistry.
 62662
LR white resin standard Benzoyl peroxide (B5907) is specifically formulated as an initiator for these resins.
 62661
Nuclear Fast Red solution Used as a red nuclear counterstain in Histology.
N3020
Papanicolaou Stain, EA 50 HT40316
Papanicolaou Stain, EA 50 HT40332
Papanicolaou Stain, EA 50 HT403128
Papanicolaou Stain, EA 50 HT40380
Papanicolaou Stain, EA 65 HT40432
Papanicolaou Stain, EA 65 HT404128
Papanicolaou Stain, Modified EA HT40216
Papanicolaou Stain, Modified EA HT40232
Papanicolaou Stain, Modified EA HT402128
Papanicolaou Stain, OG-6 HT40116
Papanicolaou Stain, OG-6 HT40132
Papanicolaou Stain, OG-6 HT40180
Papanicolaou Stain, OG-6 HT401128