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The Gomori reaction for acid phosphatase was enhanced by inclusion of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) in reaction media for incubation of cryostat sections of unfixed rat-liver tissue. The reaction was also detectably increased by DMSO in formol-calcium fixed tissue. Enhancment of the Gomori reaction for acid phosphatase by DMSO was reversible.
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Misch, D.W., Misch, M.S. Histochemical activation of rat-liver lysosomes by dimethyl sulfoxide. Histochemie 37, 131–140 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00305584
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