[Histonet] Natural Dyes: Beet Juice

[Laurie Reilly]

Dev and Histonetters,
Mulberry juice works well as a nuclear stain, if you add a mordant such as 
aluminium ammonium sulphate.

Haematoxylin is a natural dye. If you take some sawdust from the heartwood 
of Heamatoxylum campechianum, mix it with water to give a blood red 
solution,filter, then add a mordant you will have a solution that will 
stain nucleii.

    Regards,  Laurie.


At 10:15 AM 03/24/05 -0800, Geoff McAuliffe wrote:
>Hi Anurag:
>
>    Get yourself a copy of "Natural dyes and home dyeing" by Rita Adrosko. 
> It is published by Dover and is not expensive. Lots of recipes and a 
> pretty good bibliography.
>
>Geoff
>
>Anurag Sharma wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I am a first year Med Lab Science student and am doing a project on 
>>"Natural Dyes". Has anyone here ever tried using Beet juice to stain 
>>tissues? If yes, could you please tell me something about it (like the 
>>extraction procedure, mordant used, pH and what does it stain). Is there 
>>any other Natural dye you would suggest me to use?
>>
>>Dev
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