Oil red O

Oil red O:
Oil red O is used to demonstrate fat or lipids in fresh tissue sections.It can demonstrate fat occurring in an abnormal place, such as fatty emboli that may develop after either a bone fracture or an injury that crushes a fatty body area.Tumors arising from fat cells (liposarcomas) can be differentiated from other types of tumors.After staining with Oil red O fat or lipid appears as red and nuclei apprear as blue.

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