Histochemical Stain Kits

Histochemical Stain Kits for Tissue and Cell Visualization

At VitroVivo Biotech, we provide high-performance histochemical stain kits designed to bring clarity to microscopy.

Unstained tissues and cells are nearly transparent, with minimal natural contrast. Histochemical staining solves this by selectively coloring cellular structures, enhancing contrast, and revealing critical morphological details that are otherwise invisible.

Our comprehensive portfolio covers the full spectrum of histology needs:

  • Routine Stains:Including Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) — the gold standard for general morphology, tissue architecture, and pathological assessment.
  • Special Stains: Advanced formulations to identify specific components that H&E cannot reveal — including connective tissue fibers, lipids, carbohydrates, amyloid, microorganisms, and metal deposits.

Each kit is optimized for consistent, high-contrast results, featuring ready-to-use reagents, validated protocols, and excellent lot-to-lot reproducibility for research, clinical research, and diagnostic laboratories.

Browse our selection of histology stain kits below to find the precise solution for your application.

SKU# Product Name Category Kit Used For
VB-2000 VitroView™ Gram Stain Kit for Slide Smear (250 ml per bottle) Stain Kits for Pathogen Identification Bacterial Gram classification
VB-2000s VitroView™ Gram Stain Kit for Slide Smear (30 ml per Dropper bottle) Stain Kits for Pathogen Identification Bacterial Gram stain (dropper)
VB-2001 VitroView™ Twort’s Counterstain Kit Stain Kits for Pathogen Identification Tissue contrast counterstain
VB-2002 VitroView™ Giemsa Stain Kit Stain Kits for Pathogen Identification Hematopoietic cells, microorganisms
VB-2003 VitroView™ Grocott-Gomori’s Methenamine Silver (GMS) Stain Kit Stain Kits for Pathogen Identification Fungal organism detection
VB-2004 VitroView™ Periodic Acid Schiff (PAS) for Fungus Stain Kit Stain Kits for Pathogen Identification Fungi and glycoprotein detection
VB-2005 VitroView™ Differential Quik Stain Kit Stain Kits for Pathogen Identification Rapid blood smear staining
VB-2006 VitroView™ ACID-FAST BACTERIA (AFB) STAIN Kit Stain Kits for Pathogen Identification Acid-fast bacteria (mycobacteria)
VB-2007 VitroView™ Warthin-Starry (Microorganism Stain) kit Stain Kits for Pathogen Identification H. pylori / spirochete detection
VB-3000 VitroView™ Hematoxylin and Eosin Stain Kit (250 ml per bottle) Routine & Foundational H&E Staining Solutions & Kits General morphology (H&E)
VB-3000L VitroView™ Hematoxylin and Eosin Stain Kit (500 ml per bottle) Routine & Foundational H&E Staining Solutions & Kits General morphology, H&E (500 ml)
VB-3000L-1 VitroView™ Mayer’s Hematoxylin Solution (500ml) Routine & Foundational H&E Staining Solutions & Kits Nuclear counterstain (IHC)
VB-3000L-2 VitroView™ Eosin Solution (500ml) Routine & Foundational H&E Staining Solutions & Kits Cytoplasmic counterstain
VB-3000s VitroView™ Hematoxylin and Eosin Stain Kit (30 ml per Dropper bottle) Routine & Foundational H&E Staining Solutions & Kits General morphology, H&E (dropper)
VB-3001 VitroView™ Mammary Gland Whole Mount Stain Kit Mammary Gland Whole Mount Stain Kit Whole-mount mammary ductal tree visualization
VB-3002 VitroView™ Alcian Blue Hematoxylin-Orange G Stain Kit Carbohydrate, Mucosubstances & Mucin Stain Kits; Connective Tissue, Collagen, Fibrin & Bone Stain Kits Acid mucins in bone and cartilage
VB-3003 VitroView™ Alcian Blue Stain Kit Carbohydrate, Mucosubstances & Mucin Stain Kits Acid mucosubstances and mucins
VB-3004 VitroView™ PAS Stain Kit Carbohydrate, Mucosubstances & Mucin Stain Kits Glycogen detection in tissues
VB-3005 VitroView™ Alcian Blue – PAS Stain Kit Carbohydrate, Mucosubstances & Mucin Stain Kits Full mucin and carbohydrate profiling
VB-3006 VitroView™ Luxol Fast Blue Stain Kit Neural & CNS-Related Stain Kits Myelin/myelinated axon staining
VB-3007 VitroView™ Oil Red O Stain Kit Lipid & Fat Stain Kits Neutral lipids in frozen sections
VB-3008 VitroView™ Alizarin Red Stain Kit Pigment, Mineral & Metal Stain Kits Calcium deposit identification
VB-3009 VitroView™ Prussian Blue Stain Kit Pigment, Mineral & Metal Stain Kits Ferric iron deposit detection
VB-3010 VitroView™ Nissl Stain Kit Neural & CNS-Related Stain Kits Nissl bodies in neurons
VB-3011 VitroView™ Congo Red Amyloid Stain Kit Neural & CNS-Related Stain Kits Amyloid deposit detection
VB-3012 VitroView™ Sudan Black B Lipid Stain Kit Lipid & Fat Stain Kits Phospholipids and compound lipids
VB-3013 VitroView™ Toluidine Blue Stain Kit Histochemical Inflammation Cell Stain Kits Mast cell identification
VB-3014 VitroView™ Modified Gomori’s Trichrome Stain Kit Connective Tissue, Collagen, Fibrin & Bone Stain Kits Collagen/muscle in liver biopsies
VB-3015 VitroView™ Bielschowsky’s Silver Stain Kit Neural & CNS-Related Stain Kits Neuronal fibers and axons
VB-3016 VitroView™ Masson’s Trichrome Stain Kit Connective Tissue, Collagen, Fibrin & Bone Stain Kits Collagen vs. smooth muscle differentiation
VB-3017 VitroView™ Picro-Sirius Red Stain Kit Connective Tissue, Collagen, Fibrin & Bone Stain Kits Collagen network visualization
VB-3018 VitroView™ Reticulum Stain Kit Connective Tissue, Collagen, Fibrin & Bone Stain Kits Reticular fiber staining
VB-3019 VitroView™ Verhoeff Van Gieson Elastin Stain Kit Connective Tissue, Collagen, Fibrin & Bone Stain Kits Elastic fiber staining
VB-3020 VitroView™ Fontana-Masson Stain Kit Pigment, Mineral & Metal Stain Kits Melanin and argentaffin granules
VB-3021 VitroView™ Rhodanine Copper Stain Kit Pigment, Mineral & Metal Stain Kits Copper deposit identification
VB-3021s VitroView™ Rhodanine Copper Stain Kit (small size) Pigment, Mineral & Metal Stain Kits Copper deposits (small size)
VB-3022 VitroView™ COX-SDH Double Histochemistry Stain Kit (For 50-100 Slides) Enzyme Histochemical Stain Kits Mitochondrial respiratory enzyme activity
VB-3022C VitroView™ COX Histochemistry Stain Kit (For 50-100 Slides) Enzyme Histochemical Stain Kits Cytochrome c oxidase activity
VB-3022s VitroView™ COX-SDH Double Histochemistry Stain Kit (For 10-20 Slides) Enzyme Histochemical Stain Kits Mitochondrial enzyme activity (small size)
VB-3023 VitroView™ Movat Pentachrome Stain Kit Connective Tissue, Collagen, Fibrin & Bone Stain Kits Multi-tissue pentachrome staining
VB-3024 VitroView™ Southgate’s Mucicarmine Stain Kit Carbohydrate, Mucosubstances & Mucin Stain Kits Epithelial mucin detection
VB-3026 VitroView™ Jones Stain Kit (Basement Membrane) Connective Tissue, Collagen, Fibrin & Bone Stain Kits Basement membrane staining (kidney)
VB-3027 VitroView™ Colloidal Iron Stain Kit Carbohydrate, Mucosubstances & Mucin Stain Kits Acidic mucopolysaccharides and mucins
VB-3028 VitroView™ Safranin O Stain Kit for Cartilage Connective Tissue, Collagen, Fibrin & Bone Stain Kits Proteoglycans in cartilage
VB-3029 VitroView™ NADH-TR Histochemistry Stain Kit (For 50~100 slides) Enzyme Histochemical Stain Kits NADH reductase activity in muscle
VB-3030 VitroView™ Metachromatic Myofibrillar ATPase Stain Kit Enzyme Histochemical Stain Kits Muscle fiber typing
VB-3033 VitroView™ Periodic Acid Silver Methenamin Stain Kit Connective Tissue, Collagen, Fibrin & Bone Stain Kits Basement membrane and reticulin
VB-3034 VitroView™ Verhoeff Elastic Masson Trichrome Stain Kit Connective Tissue, Collagen, Fibrin & Bone Stain Kits Elastic, muscle and connective tissue
VB-3035 VitroView™ Thioflavin S Stain Kit Neural & CNS-Related Stain Kits Neurofibrillary tangles and plaques
VB-3036 VitroView™ Martius Scarlet Blue (MSB) Stain Kit Connective Tissue, Collagen, Fibrin & Bone Stain Kits Fresh vs. aged fibrin distinction
VB-3037 VitroView™ Gallyas Silver Stain Kit Neural & CNS-Related Stain Kits Pathological neural alterations
VB-3038 VitroView™ Rapid Melanin Bleach Kit for Tissue Sections Pigment, Mineral & Metal Stain Kits Melanin removal from sections
VB-3039 VitroView™ Golgi-Cox Stain Kit Neural & CNS-Related Stain Kits Whole-neuron sparse labeling
VB-3039s VitroView™ Golgi-Cox Stain Kit for Starter Neural & CNS-Related Stain Kits Whole-neuron labeling (starter size)
VB-3042 VitroView™ Nile Red Stain Kit Lipid & Fat Stain Kits Intracellular lipid droplets (fluorescent)
VB-3043 VitroView™ Von Kossa Calcium Stain Kit Pigment, Mineral & Metal Stain Kits Calcium deposit detection
VB-3044 VitroView™ Combined Eosinophil-Mast Cell Stain Kit Histochemical Inflammation Cell Stain Kits Eosinophil and mast cell visualization
VB-3045 VitroView™ PAS-Diastase (PAS-D) Stain Kit Carbohydrate, Mucosubstances & Mucin Stain Kits Glycogen vs. mucin differentiation
VB-3047 VitroView™ Tartrate-Resistant Acid Phosphatase (TRAP) Stain Kit for Osteoclast Detection (50-100 Slides) Connective Tissue, Collagen, Fibrin & Bone Stain Kits; Enzyme Histochemical Stain Kits Osteoclast detection
VB-3048 VitroView™ Endogenous Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Histochemical Stain Kit (50-100 Slides) Enzyme Histochemical Stain Kits Alkaline phosphatase activity
VB-3049 VitroView™ Senescence-Associated β-Galactosidase (SA-β-gal) Staining Kit (100-200 Tests) Enzyme Histochemical Stain Kits Cellular senescence detection
VB-3050C VitroView™ Carazzi Hematoxylin Solution (500ml) Routine & Foundational H&E Staining Solutions & Kits Nuclear staining (hematoxylin)
VB-3050G1 VitroView™ Gill Hematoxylin I Solution (500ml) Routine & Foundational H&E Staining Solutions & Kits Nuclear staining (hematoxylin)
VB-3050G2 VitroView™ Gill Hematoxylin II Solution (500ml) Routine & Foundational H&E Staining Solutions & Kits Nuclear staining (hematoxylin)
VB-3050G3 VitroView™ Gill Hematoxylin III Solution (500ml) Routine & Foundational H&E Staining Solutions & Kits Nuclear staining (hematoxylin)
VB-3050H VitroView™ Harris Hematoxylin Solution (500ml) Routine & Foundational H&E Staining Solutions & Kits Nuclear staining (hematoxylin)
VB-3050W VitroView™ Weigert’s Hematoxylin Solution Kit (500ml per bottle) Routine & Foundational H&E Staining Solutions & Kits Nuclear staining, iron-based

 

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ):

1. What Are Histochemical Stain Kits?

Histochemical stain kits are specialized laboratory reagents used to stain tissue sections and cell preparations for microscopic examination. By adding color and contrast to otherwise transparent samples, they allow researchers and pathologists to visualize tissue morphology, differentiate cell types, and detect abnormal structures or pathogens.

2. Why Use Histochemical Staining?

Living and fixed cells have low natural pigmentation and similar refractive indices, making them difficult to see under a microscope. Staining is essential to:

  •  Visualize general tissue architecture and cellular detail
  •  Identify specific cell types, organelles, and extracellular components
  • Detect bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms in tissue
  • Support disease diagnosis and biomedical research

3. What Types of Histochemical Stain Kits Does VitroVivo Biotech Offer?

VitroVivo Biotech is a trusted provider of histology and pathology staining solutions. Our kits are manufactured for reliability and performance, covering a wide range of applications:

  • For Routine Histology: H&E Stain Kits
  • For Special Stains & Enzyme Histochemistry:

Our portfolio includes: COX-SDH, NADH-TR, Metachromatic Myofibrillar ATPase, ALP (Alkaline Phosphatase), TRAP, Beta-Galactosidase, PAS, Trichrome, Reticulin, Alcian Blue, Oil Red O, GMS (Grocott’s Methenamine Silver), Iron Stain, Fontana-Masson for Pigment, and more.

Common Applications: Histology, muscle histochemistry, pathology, cytology, microbiology, and drug discovery.