Comparative study of ferrous sulphate and phosphotungstic acid mordants in enhancement of cytological natural dyes extracted from bougainvillae spectabilis and dianthus caryophyllus / Nur Syamimi Sa'ari

• Main Author: Sa'ari, Nur Syamimi
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: QD Chemistry; Flowers and flower culture. Ornamental plants; Chemicals
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/50736/1/50736.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/50736/

Staining of the nucleus is crucial in detecting the cancerous cells. In cytopathology, the nucleus was stained by hematoxylin which derived from logwood, Haematoxylum camphecianum. Bougainvillea Spectabilis (paper flower) and Dianthus Caryophyllus (carnation) have shown the staining ability towards...