Comparative measurement of in vitro paraquat and aflatoxin B1 cytotoxicity using three different cytotoxicity assays in pheochromocytoma cells (PC-12)

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 685-689

  Mohammadi Bardbori, Afshin ^a,b   Nejati, Majid ^a   Esmaeili, Jamileh ^a   Ghafari, Homanaz ^a   Ghazi Khansari, Mahmoud ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin B1; Janus green B; MTT; Neutral red; Paraquat

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; AFLATOXIN B1; NEUTRAL RED; PARAQUAT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 57349100876     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376510701392377     Document Type: Article

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