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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 6.
Published in final edited form as: Biotech Histochem. 2016 May 5;91(5):309–326. doi: 10.1080/10520295.2016.1179342

Table 3.

Mucin staining in components of the standard tissue

AB-1.0 AB-2.5 Mucicarmine PAS PASH Colloidal iron AB-2.5 + PASH Colloidal iron + PASH
Nine combined cell lines N N N V V N V V
Stroma FB blue N NE W* V S W*
Mosquitofish goblet cells W* S S S S S S S

N, negative except for counterstain; FB, faint blue staining; V, some cells staining; W, light blue; W*, moderate to weak staining; S, strong staining. NE, not evaluated.