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Cyanoacrylate glue as an alternative mounting medium for resin-embedded semithin sections. 2010

Pei-Yun Liu, and Gael E Phillips, and Margit Kempf, and Leila Cuttle, and Roy M Kimble, and James R McMillan

Commercially available generic Superglue (cyanoacrylate glue) can be used as an alternative mounting medium for stained resin-embedded semithin sections. It is colourless and contains a volatile, quick-setting solvent that produces permanent mounts of semithin sections for immediate inspection under the light microscope. Here, we compare the use of cyanoacrylate glue for mounting semithin sections with classical dibutyl phthalate xylene (DPX) in terms of practical usefulness, effectiveness and the quality of the final microscopic image.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D003487 Cyanoacrylates A group of compounds having the general formula CH2 Cyanoacrylate
D003993 Dibutyl Phthalate A plasticizer used in most plastics and found in water, air, soil, plants and animals. It may have some adverse effects with long-term exposure. Butyl Phthalate,Di-n-Butyl Phthalate,Di n Butyl Phthalate,Phthalate, Butyl,Phthalate, Di-n-Butyl,Phthalate, Dibutyl
D004853 Epoxy Resins Polymeric resins derived from OXIRANES and characterized by strength and thermosetting properties. Epoxy resins are often used as dental materials. Epoxy Resin,Resin, Epoxy,Resins, Epoxy
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000269 Adhesives Substances that cause the adherence of two surfaces. They include glues (properly collagen-derived adhesives), mucilages, sticky pastes, gums, resins, or latex. Glues,Mucilage Adhesive,Mucilage Adhesives,Mucilages, Adhesive,Adhesive,Adhesive Mucilage,Adhesive Mucilages,Adhesive, Mucilage,Adhesives, Mucilage,Glue,Mucilage, Adhesive
D014992 Xylenes A family of isomeric, colorless aromatic hydrocarbon liquids, that contain the general formula C6H4(CH3)2. They are produced by the destructive distillation of coal or by the catalytic reforming of petroleum naphthenic fractions. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed) Dimethylbenzenes,Xylene
D016591 Histocytological Preparation Techniques Methods of preparing cells or tissues for examination and study of their origin, structure, function, or pathology. The methods include preservation, fixation, sectioning, staining, replica, or other technique to allow for viewing using a microscope. Cytohistological Preparation Techniques,Cytohistologic Preparation Technics,Cytohistologic Preparation Technique,Cytohistologic Preparation Techniques,Cytohistological Preparation Technic,Cytohistological Preparation Technics,Cytohistological Preparation Technique,Histocytologic Preparation Technic,Histocytologic Preparation Technics,Histocytologic Preparation Technique,Histocytologic Preparation Techniques,Histocytological Preparation Technic,Histocytological Preparation Technics,Histocytological Preparation Technique,Preparation Technic, Cytohistologic,Preparation Technic, Cytohistological,Preparation Technic, Histocytologic,Preparation Technic, Histocytological,Preparation Technics, Cytohistologic,Preparation Technics, Cytohistological,Preparation Technics, Histocytologic,Preparation Technics, Histocytological,Preparation Technique, Cytohistologic,Preparation Technique, Cytohistological,Preparation Technique, Histocytologic,Preparation Technique, Histocytological,Preparation Techniques, Cytohistologic,Preparation Techniques, Cytohistological,Preparation Techniques, Histocytologic,Preparation Techniques, Histocytological,Technic, Cytohistologic Preparation,Technic, Cytohistological Preparation,Technic, Histocytologic Preparation,Technic, Histocytological Preparation,Technics, Cytohistologic Preparation,Technics, Cytohistological Preparation,Technics, Histocytologic Preparation,Technics, Histocytological Preparation,Technique, Cytohistologic Preparation,Technique, Cytohistological Preparation,Technique, Histocytologic Preparation,Technique, Histocytological Preparation,Techniques, Cytohistologic Preparation,Techniques, Cytohistological Preparation,Techniques, Histocytologic Preparation,Techniques, Histocytological Preparation,Cytohistologic Preparation Technic
D016613 Plastic Embedding The infiltrating of histological specimens with plastics, including acrylic resins, epoxy resins and polyethylene glycol, for support of the tissues in preparation for sectioning with a microtome. Embedding, Plastic
D046529 Microscopy, Electron, Transmission Electron microscopy in which the ELECTRONS or their reaction products that pass down through the specimen are imaged below the plane of the specimen. Electron Diffraction Microscopy,Electron Microscopy, Transmission,Microscopy, Electron Diffraction,Transmission Electron Microscopy,Diffraction Microscopy, Electron,Microscopy, Transmission Electron

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