Minimum number of tests that can
be performed
100
Completion time 1 hour 15 minutes
Shelf life 1 year
Storage conditions 2-8°C
Additional equipment Oven
Application
Method used for viewing argyrophilic elements and mucopolysaccharides (basal
membranes, mycetes, bacteria, etc.) on tissue sections. It is the method of choice for
studying the basal membrane in renal biopsy
Result
Basal membranes, glycogen, dish
of mycetes and bacteria
Product for the preparation of cyto-histological samples for optical microscopy.
To show argyrophilic elements and mucopolysaccharides (basal membranes, mycetes, bacteria etc.) in tissue sections.
Recommended method to examine basal membrane in renal biopsy.
PRINCIPLE
Periodic acid reacts with glycolic and glycoaminic groups in mucopolysaccharide chain oxidising them to aldehydic groups and
thus breaking the chain itself. These newly formed aldehydic groups reduce silver chloride, which is part of the silvermethenamine complex, to metallic silver and make it visible.