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Calibration of quantitative histochemical methods: estimation of glycogen content of muscle fibers using the PAS
W J van der Laarse1, P van Noort, P C Diegenbach
1Laboratory for Physiology, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
A fairly simple method for calibrating microdensitometric histochemical assays is described. The method is based on paired biochemical and histochemical assays on single freeze-dried skeletal muscle fibers which differ widely in their properties. As an example, the method is applied to investigate the validity of the periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) reaction for the microdensitometric estimation of glycogen content. Some problems that may interfere with the calibration are discussed.