Effects of the pH Dependence of 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium Bromide-Formazan Absorption on Chemosensitivity Determined by a Novel Tetrazolium-based Assay

Cancer Research

Volumn 49, Issue 16, 1989, Pages 4435-4440

  Plumb, Jane A ^a   Milroy, R ^a   Kaye, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; TETRAZOLIUM; VINCRISTINE;

ASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CLONOGENIC ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METHODOLOGY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL LINE;

AZO COMPOUNDS; BUFFERS; CELL COUNT; CULTURE MEDIA; DOXORUBICIN; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; DYES; FORMAZANS; HUMAN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 0024356008     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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