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Home Resource Recipes Periodate-lysine-paraformaldehyde fixative (PLP)

Periodate-lysine-paraformaldehyde fixative (PLP)

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1) 0.1 M phosphate buffer, pH 7.2-7.4 (store in cold room)

2) 12% paraformaldehyde (store at -20)

10.8 g paraformaldehyde in 90 ml ddH2O, heat/stir and add NaOH to solve

3) 0.2 M Lysine HCl

7.32 g Lysine HCl in 200 ml of 0.1 M PB

4) PLP (4% paraformaldehyde)

1X 2X 4X 4.5X 7X 8X

Phosphate buffer 50 100 200 225 350 400 ml

0.2 M Lysine HCl 50 100 200 225 350 400 ml

12% paraformaldehyde 33.3 66.6 133.2 149.8 233.1 266.4 ml

Sodium Metaperiodate 0.3 0.6 1.2 1.35 2.1 2.4 g

Adjust pH to 7.4 with 1M NaOH or HCl

 

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