Used in Pearse's Method for Phospholipids for the staining of phospholipids, early lipofuchsin, etc. Pearse, A. G.E., J. Pathl. Bact., 70:554-557, 1995 or Luna, L.G. (ed), Manual of Histologic Staining Methods of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 3rd Ed., McGraw-Hill, c. 1968, p. 148.