of these, the EPISKIN method showed evidence of being a reliable and relevant standalone test for predicting rabbit skin irritation, when the endpoint is evaluated by MTT reduction, and for being used as a replacement (based on the performance of the assay as specified in the annex) for the Draize Skin Irritation Test (OECD TG 404 & Method B.4 of Annex V to Directive 67/548/EEC) for the purpose...

introduction: sperm viability test is important in diagnosis and treatment of male infertility. the common test is e&n; and host which they are based on membrane permeability and integrity. the aim of this study was to evaluate mtt assay as a sperm viability test based on mitochondrial activity. materials and methods: washed sperm samples were co-incubated with mtt in different media and differ...

ÖZ E T Bu çalışmada tetrazolyum tuzları ve formazanların yapıları tanımlanmıştır. Ayrıca formazan-tetrazolyum sistemlerinin önemi ve kullanım alanları açıklanmıştır. Formazanların sahip oldukları conjugate p-system kaynaklanan tautomerleşme özellikleri ve geometrik izomerleri incelenmiştir. Bu bileşiklerin en yaygın kullanılan sentezleri ve yapılarının açıklanmasında önemli olan UV-visible, IR ...

This paper presents systematical investigations, including electrochemical activity, MTT cell assay and in vivo test, on the biocompatibility of three metallic glasses. The electrochemical behaviors and the cell toxicity of two newly developed TiZr-based metallic glasses (MGs), Ti42Zr40Si15Ta3 and Ti40Zr40Si15Cu5, with lower or without unfavorable elements are systematically investigated. Resul...

T, . etrazolium stains permit the histochemical demonstration of dehydrogenase enzymes in tissue sections. These stains are soluble compounds which act as hydrogen acceptors developing insoluble formazan precipitates in the reduced state. Blue tetrazolium was first used by DeBerardinis to study frozen corneal tissue sections and subsequently has been used by Kuwabara and Cogan, who studied the ...

There is a certain consensus on some defining features of collocations (they are frequent, recurrent, conventional, institutionalized, etc.), but there is not much agreement on other characteristics, for example whether or not they constitute binary lexical relations, and — crucially— whether they are arbitrary, and must be stipulated, or should instead be deduced or inferred. I will argue that...