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Fluorescent Schiff-Type Reagents for Cytochemical Detection of Polyaldehyde Moieties in Sections and Smears

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THE standard Schiff reagent (basic fuchsin plus sulphurous acid) has been used widely in cytochemistry to localize such aldehyde moieties as deoxyribonucleic acid by the Feulgen reaction and 1, 2 glycols (polysaccharides) by the periodic acid-Schiff reaction. Work in this laboratory designed to provide other reliable aldehyde-specific reagents (Schiff-type reagents) has been completed1,2.

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    FREDERICK H. KASTEN, VIVIAN BURTON & PEGGY GLOVER

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KASTEN, F., BURTON, V. & GLOVER, P. Fluorescent Schiff-Type Reagents for Cytochemical Detection of Polyaldehyde Moieties in Sections and Smears. Nature 184, 1797–1798 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841797a0

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