In vitro cytotoxicity assays: Comparison of LDH, neutral red, MTT and protein assay in hepatoma cell lines following exposure to cadmium chloride

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-177

  Fotakis, George ^a   Timbrell, John A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Cytotoxicity; LDH; MTT; Neutral red

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NEUTRAL RED; PROTEIN; TETRAZOLIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; COLORING AGENTS; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NEUTRAL RED; PROTEINS; RATS; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 27644544444     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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