Kerosene as an alternative to xylene in histopathological tissue processing and staining: An experimental study

• Main Authors: Janardhanam Dineshshankar (Author), Manikandan Saranya (Author), Periyasamy Tamilthangam (Author), Jeyaraman Swathiraman (Author), Kumaravel Shanmathee (Author), Ravichandran Preethi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Conventional tissue processing is as old as 100 years and still remains the gold standard. Tissue processing involves many steps, of which one of the important steps is clearing. Xylene is one of the common clearing agents used in laboratory, but it is carcinogenic and teratogenic. Aim:...