Determination of the decay rate constant for hepatocytes immobilized in alginate microcapsules

Journal of Microencapsulation

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 86-93

  Leal Egaña, Aldo ^a   Díaz Cuenca, Arnzazu ^b,c   Bader, Augustinus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alginate capsules; Alginate pore size; Cell viability determination; Decay rate constant; Immobilized hepatocytes; Resazurin reduction

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CALCEIN; ETHIDIUM; HOMODIMER; RESAZURIN; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; MICROCAPSULE; OXAZINE DERIVATIVE; XANTHENE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZED CELL; LIVER CELL; MICROCAPSULE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POROSITY;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; CAPSULES; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CELLS, IMMOBILIZED; FEMALE; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEPATOCYTES; HEXURONIC ACIDS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MICE; OXAZINES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POROSITY; XANTHENES;

EID: 75449103531     PISSN: 02652048     EISSN: 14645246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02652040903050550     Document Type: Article

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