Product code RXSOL-60-6604-778Category Lab Chemical

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Product description

Lactophenol cotton blue is used in medical mycology for the examination of fungal cell structure, by preparing a wet mount. ... When preparing the microscopic slide, methyl blue stains the chitin in the fungal cell walls, as a bright cerulean color, and lactophenol acts as a mountant.

Applications

Fungal cells have both macroscopic as well as microscopic structure. Lactophenol Cotton Blue reagent is used for staining as well as for wet mounting of fungi. The lactophenol cotton blue (LPCB) wet mount preparation is the most widely used method of staining and observing fungi and is simple to prepare.

Dosage

LACTOPHENOL COTTON BLUE FOR MICROSCOPY For the staining and microscopic identification of fungi. Ingredients. Cotton Blue (Aniline Blue) 0.05 g; Phenol Crystals (C6H5O4) 20 g; Glycerol 40 mL.

Also known as

LACTOPHENOL COTTON BLUE FOR MICROSCOPY

Notes

Lactophenol Cotton Blue (LPCB) Staining method works on the principle of aiding the identification of the fungal cell walls. Fungi are eukaryotic organisms with both macroscopic and microscopic characteristics. The lactophenol cotton blue solution acts as a mounting solution as well as a staining agent.

Where we supply

Oman. Stocked at our warehouse in Barka, South Al Batinah, and supplied to Muscat, Ruwi, Mutrah, Seeb, Rusayl, Barka, Sohar, Shinas, Saham, Buraimi, Nizwa, Ibri, Sur, Salalah, Duqm, Khasab and every other governorate.

Ports and free zones. Port Sultan Qaboos (Mutrah), Mina Al Fahal, Sohar Port and Freezone, Port of Salalah and Salalah Free Zone, Port of Duqm and the Duqm Special Economic Zone, Port of Sur, Khasab Port and Al Mazunah Free Zone.

Industrial areas. Rusayl, Sohar, Barka (Sanaya), Raysut (Salalah), Nizwa, Sur, Buraimi and Duqm industrial estates, Knowledge Oasis Muscat, and oil and gas sites across Oman.

Beyond Oman. We have branches in the UAE (including Fujairah) and in India (Kandla, Kolkata, Visakhapatnam, Chennai and Mumbai), and we also supply to South Africa.