Target

Fixation

Inclusion

Sections

Treatment

Staining

Mounting

Microscope

Routine method

FAA

Paraplast

Parafine microtome

Usual technique

Safranin-Fast green

Entellan

Bright-field/Polarized-light

Clearing

FAA

Paraplast

Parafine microtome

NaClO

Safranin-Fast green

Entellan

Bright-field/Polarized-light

Starch

FAA

Paraplast

Parafine microtome

Usual technique

Lugol

Entellan

Bright-field/Polarized-light

Epidermis

FAA

-

-

Jeffrey’s method

Basic Fuchsin

Entellan

Bright-field

Autofluorescence

FAA

Paraplast

Parafine microtome

Usual technique

-

Entellan

Fluorescence

Epidermis

FAA

-

-

Gold coated

-

-

SEM