Fig. 12.
Colony formation assay
Nanoparticles treatment significantly decreased colony formation in A549 cells
(A) Colony formation in DS@AgPVP NPs, AC@AgPVP NPs, and AgPVP NPs treated and untreated A549 cells.
(B) Quantification of the crystal violet from DS@AgPVP NPs, AC@AgPVP NPs, and AgPVP NPs treated and untreated A549 cells. (For interpretation of the references to color in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)