Cryopreservation of rat and mouse hepatocytes: I. Comparative viability studies

Drug Metabolism and Disposition

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1218-1223

  Swales, Nicola J ^a   Luong, Chan ^a   Caldwell, John ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANILIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NEUTRAL RED; TRITON X 100; TRYPAN BLUE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG UPTAKE; LIVER CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; THAWING; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CRYOPRESERVATION; LIVER; MALE; MICE; NEUTRAL RED; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030444102     PISSN: 00909556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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