TABLE 1.

Results of the viability assay^a

Culture status	% of viable cells
Starting culture	94.06 ± 1.89
Pretreated culture	97.56 ± 1.51
Culture treated with nocodazole for 2 h	95.76 ± 3.76
Culture treated with nocodazole for 2 h and aphidicolin for 6 h	90.00 ± 3.11

^aCell viability was documented using the adsorption dye phloxine B before the treatment began (starting culture), after the decanting of the growth medium prior to treatment (pretreated culture), following the nocodazole treatment, and following the nocodazole and aphidicolin treatments. Values are means ± standard deviations.