Leishman’s Stain
CAS Number: 12627-53-1
EC Number: 235-732-1
General description
Leishmans stain is a Romanowsky-type dye, similar to Wright stain.[1] Leishmans stain is used in hematology and tropical medicine to differentiate and identify leukocytes, malarial parasites, and trypanosomes. It is also known as eosin-polychrome methylene blue.
Application
Leishman′s stain has been used for staining blood smears to differentiate blood corpuscles, malarial parasites, trypanosomers, etc. It may be used as an alternative to Giemsa. Leishman’s stain has been used for the identification of macrophage nuclei in cells.[2] It has also been used in hematology study.[3]
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| Quality Level | 100 |
| form | powder |
| solubility | methanol: 1 mg/mL |
| application(s) | diagnostic assay manufacturing hematology histology |
| storage temp. | room temp |
