VAN GIESON II SOLUTION FOR MICROSCOPY ready-to-use Picrofuchsin solution acc. to van Gieson is used for staining collagenous connective tissue, muscle tissue, and cornified epithelium in human sample material. It can also be used to stain glia fibrils and cytoplasm.

Application

Van Gieson Stain is used to differentiate between collagen and smooth muscle in tumors and to demonstrate the increase of collagen in diseases. This method combines two or more anionic dyes and rely on differential binding by tissue components.