[Histonet] Thoughts about STF fixative

[Gayle Callis]

On looking at the chemical content of STF, it appears to me that it is NOT 
totally formalin free with the 0.1% formaldehyde content.

At 11:09 AM 1/3/2007, you wrote:
>Hello & Happy New Year,
>
>   Listed are Commerical Fixative Suppliers, Composition and Main 
> Action:  Perhaps you can go on the web & look-up #  Let me know if this helps.
>
>   1) Tissue-Tek (STF) from Miles (Streck 
> Laboratories)   2-Bromo-2nitropropan-1, 3-diol (bronopol), ] 3%; 
> diazolindinyl urea, ]5%; zinc sulfate, ]5%; formaldehyde,] 0.1%)  Main 
> Action: Non-cross-linking, noncoagulative
>
>

Gayle Callis
MT,HT,HTL(ASCP)
Research Histopathology Supervisor
Veterinary Molecular Biology
Montana State University - Bozeman
PO Box 173610
Bozeman MT 59717-3610
406 994-6367
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