As a result of this process, a great part of the hematoxylin is converted to the hematein.
It is rather small for dissection, but very good complete series were obtained and stained in hematoxylin.
hematoxylin he·ma·tox·y·lin (hē'mə-tŏk'sə-lĭn)
n.
A yellow or red crystalline compound used in histological dyes and as an indicator.