The effect of phosphotungstic acid and ferrous sulfate mordants towards the enhancement of flower extracts as alternative to hematoxcylin stain / Ummi Syafiqah Abdorahman

• Main Author: Abdorahman, Ummi Syafiqah
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Botanical chemistry. Phytochemicals; Flowers and flower culture. Ornamental plants
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/50491/1/50491.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/50491/

Aqueous extract derived from Hibiscus sabdariffa (Roselle) and Costus woodsonii (Red button ginger) flower were chosen to be used in Papanicolaou stain protocol to counter the problem of limited sources of Hematoxylin. The aim of this study is to identify the most suitable mordant between Phosphotun...