OIL RED O

1. Cut 2 frozen sections.

2. Fix in 10% formal calcium.

3. Wash in water.

4. Rinse in 60% T.E.P. (triethyl phosphate).

5. Stain in filtered oil red o for 10-15 minutes.

6. Rinse in 60% T.E.P.

7. Rinse in water.

8. Stain nuclei with Mayers haematoxylin for 1 minute. (N.B. do not differentiate)

9. Blue in tap water.

10. Mount in aqueous mountant. (glycerin jelly).

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RESULTS

--Lipid red --Nuclei blue/black

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CONTROLS

--Not essential

--Fatty liver

--Negative control

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NEGATIVE CONTROLS

Treat one section with a 50:50 acetone/xylene mixture for 5 minutes, wash in water then continue as from step 4.

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