The reliability and limits of the MTT reduction assay for carbon nanotubes-cell interaction

Carbon

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2643-2648

  Belyanskaya, Larisa ^a   Manser, Pius ^a   Spohn, Philipp ^a   Bruinink, Arie ^a   Wick, Peter ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CYTOTOXICITY; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SOLUBILITY;

SINGLE-WALLED; TETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; TOXICOLOGICAL STUDIES;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 35348866826     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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