If you are looking for glycogen - so a PAS. More sensitive and a deeper
magenta color than the Best Carmine.
Curious, what is "without water"?
- The Frozen section? But there's water in the cells, which is what is
freezing.
- The stain?? But most stains are made in water (aqueous stain
Best's carmine and mucicarmine are very different stains. Mucicarmine is
carminic acid mordanted with aluminum in acid solution. It stains mucus but not
glycogen. Best's carmine is an ammoniated carminic acid, probably an amine at
one end and an amide at the other. It is very basic. It is a se
