Lepehne-Pickworth stain

Le·peh·ne-Pick·worth stain

(le-pen'ĕ pik'wŏrth), a staining technique, for hemoglobin and other heme-containing substances in cryostat or frozen sections, that uses the presence of tissue peroxidase to oxidize benzidine to a blue quinhydrone.

Lepehne,

Georg, German physician, 1887–. Lepehne-Pickworth stain - a staining technique for hemoglobin.

Pickworth,

F.A., Lepehne-Pickworth stain - see under Lepehne