QUANTIFICATION OF FORMAZANS IN TISSUE-SECTIONS BY MICRODENSITOMETRY .3. EFFECT OF OBJECTIVE POWER AND SCANNING SPOT SIZE

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作者
ALTMAN, FP [1 ]
机构
[1] INST ORTHOPAEDICS, PROF RES UNIT, STANMORE, MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND
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HISTOCHEMICAL JOURNAL | 1976年 / 8卷 / 05期
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10.1007/BF01003840
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
The formazans derived from neotetrazolium chloride (NT) and 2-(2-benzothiazolyl)-3-(4-phthalhydrazidyl)-5-styryl-tetrazolium chloride (BPST) can be measured by microdensitometry of tissue sections [mouse liver] with a wide range of scanning spot sizes, without any significant effect on the recorded extinctions. The spot sizes tested ranged from 0.20-16 .mu.m. Thus when large fields have to be measured, it is possible to use low-power objectives and still obtain valid results.
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