Aceto Orcein Stain alternative

[Lis]

Hi All

I need to have aceto orcein stain, by Friday and of course I dont have any, something else for my order list, does anyone know of an alternative stain for observing chromosomes and cell division, any help would be greatly appreciated

thanks Lisa

[ellice]

Hi Lisa,
We used to do this prac, but never had much success. So we purchased prepared slides.
Sorry I can't help with an alternative stain (I don't think there is one).
Ellice.

[Sassi]

There may be a few options, depending upon which type of cells to stain??? I did a quick search on google for 'stains for chromosomes' and there seems to be maybe something you can use...

Good luck

[novicegirl]

Try ringing a histopathology department, either in a hospital or private lab. They will have recipes for staining cells in division.