See Also: Mallory's phosphotungstic acid haematoxylin stain(medicine)
phosphotungstic acid haematoxylin(medicine)
Rambourg's chromic acid-phosphotungstic acid stain(medicine)
phosphotungstic acid stain(medicine)
Ehrlich's acid haematoxylin stain(medicine)
Mallory's stain(medicine)
Mallory's trichrome stain(medicine)
Mallory's triple stain(medicine)
Mallory's phloxine stain(medicine)
Mallory's collagen stain(medicine)

Mallory's phosphotungstic acid haematoxylin stain (medicine)


Mallory's phosphotungstic acid haematoxylin stain -->
phosphotungstic acid haematoxylin


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.

Synonym: Mallory's phosphotungstic acid haematoxylin stain.