A modified catalase assay suitable for a plate reader and for the analysis of brain cell cultures

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-56

  Cohen, Gerald ^a,b   Kim, Mimi ^a   Ogwu, Vivian ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalase assay; Cell culture; Mesencephalon; Plate reader

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0030200706     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0270(96)00011-8     Document Type: Article

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