Bouin's Fixative

Used for biopsies, also as a mordant for staining procedures.

Bouin’s Fixative is generally used for testicular fixation because it preserves nuclei and chromosomes especially observe well during meiosis. Formalin is a more general fixative, used widely for other tissues when mitotic or meiotic cycles are not necessary to observe. Also used as a mordant for staining procedures.

Appearance: Clear, colourless solution.