Microwave stimulation for commonly used mordants.
Mordants are frequently used in histologic staining techniques. Standard procedures for mordants typically require long incubations of 1 hr or more at 60 C. This paper reports the use of microwave stimulation of mordants to shorten mordant time, minimize tissue loss or damage and improve the quality of the tissue staining.
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Department of Research, Alfred I. duPont Institute, Wilmington, Delaware 19899.
D000818:Animals; D008872:Microwaves; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D013997:Time Factors