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NovaUltra Alcian Blue Stain Kit

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This kit is designed to stain formalin fixed, paraffin embedded tissue sections, and may be used for frozen sections as well. Strongly acidic mucosubstances will be stained blue, nuclei will be stained pink to red, and cytoplasm will be stained pale pink.
Price: $245
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NovaUltra Alcian Blue - PAS Stain Kit

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This kit is designed to stain formalin fixed, paraffin embedded tissue sections, and may be used for frozen sections as well. Strongly acidic mucins will be stained blue, neutral mucins will be stained magenta, mixtures of both acidic and neutral mucins will be stained blue-purple, nuclei will be stained deep blue.
Price: $345
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NovaUltra Alizarin Red Stain Kit

Product Description
Alizarin Red S, an anthraquinone derivative, can be used to identify calcium in tissue sections. The reaction is not strictly specific for calcium, since magnesium, manganese, barium, strontium, and iron may interfere, but these elements usually do not occur in sufficient concentration to interfere with the staining.
Price: $145
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NovaUltra Congo Red Stain Kit

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This kit is a modified Highman's Congo Red stain. It is used for the detection of amyloid on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections with amyloidosis, and may be used for frozen sections as well. The amyloid deposits will be stained red and the nuclei will be stained blue.
Price: $245
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NovaUltra Fontana-Masson Stain Kit

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Fontana-Masson stains argentaffin granules and melanin. Melanin is a nonlipid, nonhematogenous pigment. This kit is designed to stain formalin fixed, paraffin embedded tissue sections, and may be use for frozen sections as well. The argentaffin cell granules or melanin will be stained black. The nuclei will be stained pink-red. The cytoplasm will be stained pale pink.
Price: $345
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NovaUltra Golgi Cox Stain Kit

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The Golgi-Cox Kit is designed for the staining of neuronal dendrites and dendritic spines on fresh or paraformaldehyde fixed brain tissues. The Kit has been extensively tested on both fresh and paraformaldehyde fixed brain tissues in rats and mice and should work on other species as well.
Price: $345
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NovaUltra H&E Stain Kit

Product Description
Special formulated hematoxylin and eosin solution for quality and fast H&E staining with no need to perform bluing nor clearing/differentiation steps. Nuclei are stained blue crispy clear color with pink cytoplasmic and background color. The kit is suitable for both paraffin and frozen sections.
Price: $245
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NovaUltra Luxol Fast Blue Stain Kit

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This kit is designed for staining myelin/myelinated axons on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded brain and spinal cord tissue sections, as well as frozen sections. The myelin, including phospholipids, will be stained blue to green, and the neurons will be stained violet.
Price: $245
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NovaUltra Masson Trichrome Stain Kit

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This kit is used for the detection of collagen fibers in tissues such as skin, heart, etc. on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections, and may be used for frozen sections as well. The collagen fibers will be stained blue and the nuclei will be stained black and the cytoplasm, muscle fibrin, erythrocytes are stained red.
Price: $345
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NovaUltra Nissl Stain Kit

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This kit is used for the detection of Nissl body in the cytoplasm of neurons on formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded tissue sections, as well as frozen sections. The Nissl body will be stained purple-blue. This stain is commonly used for identifying the basic neuronal structure in brain or spinal cord tissue.
Price: $145
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NovaUltra Oil Red O Stain Kit

Product Description
This kit is for lipid and fat staining on formalin fixed frozen sections. It is not suitable for paraffin embedded tissue sections. The lipid and fat will be stained red, and cell nuclei will be stained blue.
Price: $245
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NovaUltra Orcein Elastin Stain Kit

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This kit is used for identifying elastic fibers on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections, and may be used for frozen sections as well. The elastic fibers will be stained dark brown and the nuclei will be stained light blue. The Acid Orcein Solution has also been show to stain the rough endoplasmic reticulum of hepatitis B infected liver cells (ground glass cells).
Price: $245
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NovaUltra PAS Stain Kit

Product Description
This kit is used for detection of glycogen and mucins in tissues such as intestine, colon, liver on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections, and may be used for frozen sections as well. The glycogen, mucin, and fungi will be stained magenta and the nuclei will be stained blue.
Price: $245
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NovaUltra Prussian Blue Stain Kit

Product Description
Prussian blue reaction involves the treatment of sections with acid solutions of ferrocyanides. Any ferric ion (+3) present in the tissue combines with the ferrocyanide and results in the formation of a bright blue pigment called Prussian blue.
Price: $245
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NovaUltra Safranin O Stain Kit

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This kit is used for the detection of cartilage, mucin, and mast cell granules on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections, and may be used for frozen sections as well. The cartilage and mucin will be stained orange to red, and the nuclei will be stained black. The background is stained green.
Price: $345
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NovaUltra Sirius Red Stain Kit

Product Description
It's one of the best understood techniques and a sensitive method for collagen. The method is most frequently used on paraffin sections of tissues fixed adequately (at least 24 hours but ideally 1 or 2 weeks) in a neutral buffered formaldehyde solution. The collagen will be stained red with pale yellow background, and nuclei will be stained blue-black.
Price: $245
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NovaUltra Sudan Black B Stain Kit

Product Description
This kit is for lipid and fat staining on formalin fixed frozen sections. It is not suitable for paraffin embedded tissue sections. The lipid and fat will be stained blue-black and cell nuclei will be stained red.
Price: $245
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NovaUltra Toluidine Blue Stain Kit

Product Description
This kit is designed for staining of formalin fixed, paraffin embedded tissue sections. Mast cells will be stained dark blue/red purple (metachromatic staining) and the background will be stained light blue (orthochromatic staining).
Price: $145
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NovaUltra von Kossa Stain Kit

Product Description
This technique is for demonstrating deposits of calcium or calcium salt so it is not specific for the calcium ion itself. The calcium deposits will be stained black and the nuclei will be stained pink-red.
Price: $245
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NovaUltra von Kossa - Alcian Blue Stain Kit

Product Description
This technique utilizes combined method of von Kossa staining for calcium and Alcian Blue staining for cartilage to demonstrate bone and cartilage matrix deposition simultaneously on the same tissue section. Bone will be stained black or deep brown, cartilage will be stained blue and nuclei will be stained pink-red.
Price: $345
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