Liquid dish washing soap: An excellent substitute for xylene and alcohol in hematoxylin and eosin staining procedure

• Main Authors: Surekha Ramulu (Author), Anila Koneru (Author), Shamala Ravikumar (Author), Priyadarshini Sharma (Author), D. N. S. V Ramesh (Author), Ramesh Patil (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aims: Liquid dish washing solution (DWS) was used as a substitute for xylene to dewax tissue sections during hematoxylin and eosin (H and E) staining. The aim was to test and compare the hypothesis that xylene-ethanol free (XEF) sections deparaffinized with diluted DWS are better than or at par with...