Cytotoxic assessment of L-ascorbic acid/montmorillonite upon human dermal fibroblasts in vitro: MTT activity assay

Biomedical Engineering - Applications, Basis and Communications

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 337-343

  Lee, Yuan Haun ^a   Chen, Bor Yann ^a,b   Lin, Feng Huei ^a   Lin, Kun Yu ^a   Lin, King Fu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Human dermal fibroblasts; L ascorbic acid (LAA); Mitochondrial dehydrogenase activity (MTT) assay; Montmorillonite (MMT)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY ASSAYS; APPLICATIONS.; BLACK SPOTS; CYTOTOXIC; CYTOTOXIC ASSESSMENTS; CYTOTOXIC EFFECTS; FIBROBLAST CULTURES; HUMAN DERMAL FIBROBLASTS; IN VITRO; L-ASCORBIC ACID (LAA); LIGHT MICROGRAPHS; MITOCHONDRIAL DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY (MTT) ASSAY; MMT COMPOSITES; MONTMORILLONITE (MMT); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACIDS; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BIOASSAY; BIOMATERIALS; CLAY MINERALS; ENZYMES; FIBROBLASTS; KETONES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOSPHORIC ACID; SILICATE MINERALS; TISSUE;

CELL CULTURE;

EID: 58149142743     PISSN: 10162372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4015/S1016237208000957     Document Type: Article

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