Histochemical Study of the Progenetic Trematode Alloglossidium renale

Table 4

Necrotic Alloglossidium renale tissue staining table.

Stain	Inner necrotic mass	Necrotic mass surface	Lumen of host; antennal gland tubules
Alcian blue pH 2.5	−	++ sporadic	−
Ferro-ferricyanide	+++ vitellarium	++ tegument	−
Harris hematoxylin	++ brown	+++ brown host cells and tegument; purple host nuclei	+ light brown
Ninhydrin-Schiff	+ sporadic	++ host cells	+
Osmium tetroxide	+	−	−
Periodic acid-Schiff	++	++	+