A simple and reliable method for purifying glycol methacrylate for histopathological studies.
Pure glycol methacrylate (GMA) is an excellent embedding medium which allows High Performance Optical Microscopic studies. However presence of methacrylic acid (MA) small amounts (usually 1 to 3%) leads to intense background staining of the section. A simple and reliable chemical purification procedure is exposed which leads to an extra-pure GMA free of MA and hydroquinone.
D000179:Acrylates / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D004340:Drug Contamination; D006651:Histocytochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D006652:Histological Techniques; D008689:Methacrylates / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011109:Polymethacrylic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D013194:Staining and Labeling
D000179:Acrylates; D008689:Methacrylates; D011109:Polymethacrylic Acids; C005044:hydroxyethyl methacrylate