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A comparison between two brine shrimp assays to detect in vitro cytotoxicity in marine natural products

BACKGROUND: The brine shrimp lethality assay is considered a useful tool for preliminary assessment of toxicity. It has also been suggested for screening pharmacological activities in plant extracts. However, we think that it is necessary to evaluate the suitability of the brine shrimp methods befor...

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Autores principales: Carballo, José Luis, Hernández-Inda, Zaira L, Pérez, Pilar, García-Grávalos, María D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC130034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12270067
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6750-2-17