In-house assessment of a modified in vitro cytotoxicity assay for higher throughput estimation of acute toxicity

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 17, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 717-722

  King, A V ^a   Jones, P A ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; High throughput screening (HTS); In vitro; Neutral red uptake (NRU); Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN; IRRITANT AGENT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; CELL ASSAY; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; ORAL TOXICITY; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; RAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SKIN IRRITATION; TOXICITY;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0242266950     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-2333(03)00100-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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