Determinants of MTT reduction in rat hepatocytes

Biomarkers

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 111-116

  Dhanjal, Perminder ^a,b   Fry, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Dept of Biopharmaceutical Analysis   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hepatocytes; Mitochondria; MTT reduction; NAD(P)H; Rat liver; Succinate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345578834     PISSN: 1354750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135475097231832     Document Type: Article

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