[Histonet] Differences between sucrose and formalin

[Roger Moretz]

Well, to my knowledge, sucrose is not a fixative (I
know about the reports on honey, just nothing on
sucrose).  Formalin contains formaldehyde, a fixative.
 Sucrose is normally used to replace water for better
tissue preservation during freezing when flash
freezing is not done.  Never heard of it as a
fixative, though.  I'm open to information to that
event....

Roger Moretz, Ph.D.
Dept of Toxicology (1 more day)
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Ridgefield, CT
(then I retire!!!!)

--- Gamal Akabani <gamal.akabani <@t> gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I would like to know what are the difference between
> sucrose and  
> formalin fixation.
> I am trying to carry out some immunohistochemitrsy
> and autoradiography.
> 
> Thank you in advanced
> 
> Gamal
> 
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