Used in conjunction with PAS to differentiate acid and neutral mucopolysaccharides.

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Alcian Blue

Alcian Blue in conjunction with PAS (Mowry, 1956) is commonly used to differentiate acid and neutral mucopolysaccharides. It is also used with safranine for mast cell differentiation (Csaba, 1969.)

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