A Comparative Double-blind Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Coconut Water and Honey as Cytological Fixatives for Oral Smears [PDF]
Contemporary Clinical DentistryIntroduction: Ninety-five percent ethanol is the routinely used and standard cytological fixative. However, commercially available ethanol is expensive and not freely available in some institutions. There is always a search for an ideal alternative.
Bharadwaj Bordoloi +5 more
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PLoS ONE, 2020 Bacterial biofilms are organized sessile communities of bacteria enclosed in extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). To analyze organization of bacteria and EPS in high resolution and high magnification by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), it is ...
Rohana P Dassanayake +2 more
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The effect of formaldehyde solution in pitfall traps on the probability of catching woodlice (Isopoda, Oniscidea) [PDF]
ZooKeysPitfall traps containing a fixative solution are commonly used by ecologists to study ground-dwelling invertebrates. The effect of the solution on the animals being caught is a frequent topic of studies.
Ivan Hadrián Tuf +2 more
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Zinc-based fixative as a novel approach for histological preservation: A comparative study with formalin-based fixatives [PDF]
Open Veterinary JournalBackground: Formalin is a widely used histological fixative despite its carcinogenic properties, inadequate nucleic acids preservation, and prolonged fixation time. Aim: The study intended to prepare a novel zinc-based fixative which is, formalin-free,
Omar Younis Altaey +2 more
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Standardization of honey as a tissue fixative for histopathology: A morphometric study [PDF]
Dental Research JournalBackground: Tissue fixation is a crucial step to preserve the tissues in a life-like state with minimal disruption to its cellular and chemical composition for histopathological examination.
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Utilization of processed honey and jaggery as an oral cyto-fixative
Indian Journal of Dental Sciences, 2022 Background: Ethanol is reasonably used as a cyto-fixative. Owing to its confinements, researchers are in search of natural and eco-friendly cytological fixative.
Kunal Sah +3 more
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A Study of Toxic Effects of Formalin on Health of First Year Medical and Dental Students [PDF]
International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery, 2022 Introduction: Formalin is widely and commonly used as a fixative for microscopy, histology, preservative and disinfectant, etc. Despite formalin being extensively used in different fields, its toxicity is frequently ignored.
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Comparative Study for the Effect of Fixative Material Type and Perfume Formulation Parameters on the Fixation time of Local Formulated Perfume with Brand Perfumes [PDF]
Engineering and Technology Journal, 2016 The effect of type of fixative material and the perfume formulation parameters (Concentration of ethyl alcohol, percentage of perfume and the percentage of the fixative used) were studied to determine the optimum conditions give perfume with high ...
Alaa D. Jawad Al-Bayati
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Efficacy and reliability of various grades of processed honey as a fixative: A comparative study
Indian Journal of Dental Sciences, 2021 Introduction: Ethanol is a traditional cytofixative which is widely used for oral exfoliative cytology. Due to its limitations, a search of better, eco-friendly, and cost-effective fixative was explored.
Kunal Sah +3 more
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Sirka: An alternative to the formalin fixative
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2023 Formalin fixation is the most essential step of routine histopathology practice. During the last few years, various fixatives have been developed for use in histopathology practice as an alternative to formalin, to overcome its side effects on health ...
Suhasini P. Gotur +2 more
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