Keratin in the Egg Shells of Amphistomes; Histochemical Differentiation from Quinonetanned Protein in Other Trematoda |
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Authors: | R Madhavi |
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a Department of Zoology, Andhra University, Waltair, India |
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Abstract: | Various combinations of the oxidation method for demonstrating keratin in shell material of amphistomes were tried. Acidified permanganate worked more efficiently than performic and peracetic acids, and Alcian blue and aldehyde fuchsin excelled other basic dyes for subsequent staining. For the permanganate-Alcian blue reaction, sections of material fixed in Susa or Bouin were oxidized in 0.3% permanganate in 0.3% H2SO4 for 5 min., decolourized in 1% oxalic acid, stained in 3% Alcian blue in 2 N H2SO4 and counterstained with eosin. The shell globules stained a deep blue. For permanganate aldehyde fuchsin staining, the sections were stained in aldehyde fuchsin for 1 hr, after oxidation with permanganate. The shell globules then stained a deep magenta. The catechol and fast red reactions were negative in amphistomes and the specimens lack the characteristic amber colour due to quinone tanning. |
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