Trends in enzyme histochemistry and cytochemistry

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910811998703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; New York : , : Excerpta Medica; New York : , : Elsevier/North Holland, , 1980
• ISBN: 9786613694249; 9781280783852; 1280783850; 9780470720561; 0470720565; 9780470718247; 0470718242
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (324 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 73 (new. ser.)
• Disciplina: 574.19/25
• Soggetti: Enzymes - Analysis; Histochemistry; Cytochemistry
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Trends in Enzyme Histochemistry and Cytochemistry; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Criteria for the validation of quantitative histochemical enzyme techniques; Discussion; Qualitative cytological criteria for the validation of enzyme histochemical techniques; Discussion; General Discussion I: Validation; Conventional techniques for membrane-bound enzymes; Discussion; Tissue stabilizer methods in histochemistry; Discussion; Interim summary I; Semipermeable membrane techniques in quantitative enzyme histochemistry; Discussion; Microphotometric determination of enzyme activities in cryostat sections by the gel film technique; Discussion; Assessment of immunocytochemical techniques with particular reference to the mixed-aggregation immunocytochemical technique; Discussion; Quantitative cytochemical analysis of (single) cultured cells; Discussion; ; Microdensitometry; Discussion; General Discussion II; Interim summary II; Microscopic cytochemistry as matrix chemistry; Discussion; The constant proportion enzyme group concept in the selection of reference enzymes in metabolism; Discussion; Use of enzyme activities as indices of maximum rates of fuel utilization; The place of histochemical techniques in toxicology, pharmacology and pathology; Discussion; Appropriate technology for the quantitative assessment of the final reaction product of histochemical techniques; Discussion; Chairman's concluding remarks; Index of contributors; Subject index
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