ninhydrin-Schiff stain for proteins


nin·hy·drin-Schiff stain for pro·teins

proteins are revealed by using ninhydrin or alloxan to produce aldehydes from primary aliphatic amines by oxidative deamination; the aldehydes are shown by reaction with Schiff reagent.

Schiff,

Hugo, German chemist in Florence, 1834-1915. Kasten fluorescent Schiff reagents - see under Kastenninhydrin-Schiff stain for proteinsperiodic acid-Schiff stain - a tissue-staining procedure. Synonym(s): PAS stainSchiff base - condensation products of aldehydes and ketones with primary amine. Synonym(s): aldimineSchiff reagent - used for aldehydes and in histochemistry to detect polysaccharides, DNA, and proteins.