Right, Lugol's sol'n with iodine and potassium iodide. That might be worth tinkering with, thanks.
I was also thinking of something along the lines of crystal violet, ala a gram stain. -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Monfils, Paul Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 4:43 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] Stain for iodine? Just a suggestion. Haven't tried it. A classic method for demonstrating starch is exposure to iodine, resulting in a dark purple to black precipitate. I wonder if you could use the technique in reverse, so to speak, and stain the iodine by exposure to a starch solution?? _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments, contains information of Merck & Co., Inc. (One Merck Drive, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, USA 08889), and/or its affiliates (which may be known outside the United States as Merck Frosst, Merck Sharp & Dohme or MSD and in Japan, as Banyu - direct contact information for affiliates is available at http://www.merck.com/contact/contacts.html) that may be confidential, proprietary copyrighted and/or legally privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named on this message. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then delete it from your system. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet