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Mallory's phosphotungstic acid haematoxylin stain
Associated persons:
Frank Burr Mallory
Description:
A stain with broad application in cytology and histology. Nuclei, mitochrondria, fibrin, neuroglial fibrils, and cross-striations of skeletal and cardiac muscle stain blue; cartilage ground substance, bone reticulum, and elastin appear in shades of yellow-orange and brownish red. Also useful for demonstrating abnormal or diseased astrocytes, often in combination with periodic acid-Schiff stain and Luxol fast blue.
Submitted by Zoran Bojanic, M.D., Serbia.
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