Periodic Acid-Schiff (PAS) Staining System
SIGMA/395B
Product Type: Chemical
application(s) | hematology histology |
IVD | for in vitro diagnostic use |
Quality Level | 500 |
shelf life | Expiry date on the label. |
shipped in | wet ice |
storage temp. | 2-8°C |
Application: | Standard procedure and microwave procedure included in package insert. |
Application: | When treated with periodic acid, glycols are oxidized to aldehydes. After reaction with Schiff′s Reagent (a mixture of pararosaniline and sodium metabisulfite), a pararosaniline adduct is released that stains the glycol-containing cellular elements pink to red. Cellular elements which may be demonstrated with the PAS procedure include glycogen, fungal walls, basement membrane, certain epithelial sulfomucins and sialomucins, neutral mucosubstances, colloid material of the thyroid and the pars intermedia of the pituitary. |
Symbol | GHS05,GHS07,GHS08 |
Signal word | Danger |
Hazard statements | H290 - H302 - H314 - H350 - H373 - H412 |
Precautionary statements | P273 - P280 - P301 + P312 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P304 + P340 + P310 - P305 + P351 + P338 |
Hazard Codes | Xn |
Risk Statements | 22-41 |
Safety Statements | 26-39 |
RIDADR | UN 3316 9 |
WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
Storage Temp. | 2-8°C |
UNSPSC | 12352106 |
Components | Hematoxylin Solution, Gill No. 3 (kit only) 100 mL; Periodic Acid Solution (395-1) 2 x 100 mL; Schiff's Reagent (kit only) 4 x 50 mL |