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 |
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| 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.
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Mammary Gland Whole Mount Stain Kit
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Carbohydrate, Mucosubstances & Mucin Stain Kits
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Connective Tissue, Collagen, Fibrin & Bone Stain Kits
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Enzyme Histochemical Stain Kits
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Histochemical Inflammation Cell Stain Kits
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Lipid & Fat Stain Kits
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Neural & CNS-Related Stain kits
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Pigment, Mineral & Metal Stain Kits
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Routine & Foundational Hematoxylin & Eosin (H&E) Staining Solutions & Kits
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Stain Kits for Pathogen Identification
