Ruthenium red, 37.5% Ru

Staining for monopolysaccharides, tight junctions, pectin and for diverse cell surfaces. With a structure and staining characteristics of myofibre external lamina.

• Stain for monopolysaccharides and tight junctions. Luft, J.T., Proc. 6th Int. Cong. Em (1966); J. Cell. Biol., 57, 874 (1973)
• Stain for pectin and for diverse cell surfaces. J. Cell Biol.,23, 54A (1964)
• "Positive Staining for EM" van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, NY (1975) pp 163-165
• Ruthenium Red and Violet II. Fine structural localization in animal tissues. Luft J.H. Anat. Rec., 171:369, (1971a)
• Structure and staining characteristics of myofiber external lamina. Zacks, S.I. et al. J. Histochem. Cytochem., 21:703 (1973)
• Glycoaminoglycans in developing chick-embryo aorta revealed by ruthenium red: an electron microscopy study. Kadar, A. et al. J. Pathol., 108:275 (1973)
• Uptake of marker particles by in vitro ventilated and perfused rat lung. Vidic, B. Am. J. Anat., 138:521 (1973)

[(NH₃)₅RuORu(NH₃)₄ORu(NH₃)₅]Cl₆·4H₂O

F.W.858.42

CAS #11103-72-3

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