Zinc Leuco-base Methods Using Safranin O and Basic Fuchsin for the Demonstration of Ceroid and some Considerations about their Principle

Abstract

Zinc leuco-base methods using safranin O and basic fuchsin for the demonstration of ceroid have been newly published. Furthermore, both the process of development of these methods and their presumed principles related with strong basophilia and acid-fastness of ceroid have been in detail described. This may be considerably contributive to the elucidation of mechanisms of acid-fastness, one of characteristics of ceroid.