noun

• A water-soluble copper-containing blue dye used as a histological stain for glycosaminoglycans.

  ‘Staining was performed with Alcian blue van Gieson, hematoxylin and eosin, and Alcian blue or safranin O or both.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Slides from each subject were stained with hematoxylin and eosin and Alcian blue / periodic acid-Schiff for histologic evaluation.’
  • ‘Sections were stained with hematoxylin-eosin, Alcian blue, Masson's trichrome, van Gieson, and periodic acid-Schiff stains.’
  • ‘The histochemical stains (mucicarmine, Alcian blue, and periodic acid-Schiff diastase) failed to demonstrate mucin in tumor cells.’
  • ‘Inset shows large goblet cells packed with mucin (shown by Alcian blue staining)’