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THE cytoplasm of the neutrophilic human leucocyte contains lipid granules which can be stained with Sudan Black1. On the other hand, studies with the Best Carmine stain2, with the Bauer–Feulgen method3, and with the recent periodic acid-leueofuchsin method4, have demonstrated the presence of glycogen in the cytoplasm of these cells, which has been reported to stain either diffusely or granularly. By means of the phase-contrast microscope, the stained cytoplasm has been seen to be spotted; but it was not quite clear whether the spotted appearance was due to the staining of the granules or of the inter-granular spaces4.
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ERÄNKÖ, O. Demonstration of Glycogen and Lipids in the Cytoplasm of Human Neutrophilic Leucocytes. Nature 165, 116–117 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/165116b0
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