Abstract:
Fixation in cytology is to preserve and maintain clear and consistent morphological features. Ethanol is most
commonly used a gold standard fixative in cytology, but it has few disadvantages such as expensive, flammable, evaporates
easily, subjected to pilferage and not easily available. So honey can be used as fixative as it contains several minerals, trace
elements, vitamins, carbohydrates and acts as a fixative because of its inherent properties by enabling cellular preservation and
dehydration. Considering this objective of present study is to evaluate the fixative properties of honey in comparison with ethanol
in a double blinded manner.
