Eosin Yellowish; Acid Red 87; 2',4',5',7'-Tetrabromofluorescein
C.I 45380
Disodium Salt
Uses: (all from Clark, G., 1981) Hematoxylin and Eosin stain; counterstain for hematoxylin; use in combination with Azure II to show morphological details of marrow cells; buffered Azure A/Eosin Y method for demostrating cell granules, microorganisms and nuclei; for showing insect musculature; for demonstrating cells infected with mosquito-iridescent virus; use in combination with Alum Hematoxylin/Azure II to show mast cells, early necrobiotic changes in cells and protozoans, rickettsias and bacteria in tissues; to demonstrate volutin granules in any microorganism; Bond's modification of Mann's Eosin-Methyl Blue for Negri bodies in smears; Harris stain for Negri bodies in smears; Mann's method for staining Negri bodies in sections; Gridley's stain for Endamoeba in tissue sections; a modified methenamine-silver nitrate method for the demonstration of Endamoeba in sections.