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THE periodic acid–Schiff (PAS) reaction—the term was introduced by McManus1,2—is one of the most widely used histochemical methods. In a recent review of “Periodate Oxidation Techniques” McManus2 states that the first publication, describing the demonstration of mucin and some other structures by the Schiff reagent after treatment with periodic acid, appeared in Nature in 19463. In 1948 Hotchkiss4 published his description of the PAS reaction, which had been applied already in 1947 by Gersh5 and by Catchpole6. Also in 1947 Marchese7 used the PAS reaction for the demonstration of glycogen, but independently Lillie8 used acidified periodate for the same purpose. Since other histochemical texts9–11 give essentially the same version of the development of our knowledge of the PAS reaction, we should like to direct attention to the work of A. L. Shabadash, whose publications on the PAS reaction apparently are not widely known outside the U.S.S.R.
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ATERMAN, K., NORKIN, S. The Periodic Acid – Schiff Reaction. Nature 197, 1306 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1971306a0
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