Table 2.
Significant change in absorbance or fluorescence values (μg/ml Ag-nps/mL media) in control studies by assay.
| No cell controla |
Cell controlb |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ag-nps | MTT | aB | 96AQ | MTT | aB | 96AQ |
| Unwashed | ||||||
| 20 nm | 1.7 | — | 1.7 | — | — | — |
| 50 nm | 0.34 | — | 1.7 | — | — | — |
| 80 nm | 1.7 | — | 1.7 | — | — | — |
| Washed | ||||||
| 20 nm | — | 0.34 | 1.7c | — | — | — |
| 50 nm | — | 1.7 | 1.7 | — | — | — |
| 80 nm | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | — | — | — |
| Carbon-coated | ||||||
| 25 nm | 1.7 | — | 1.7 | 1.7 | — | — |
| 35 nm | 1.7 | — | 0.34 | 1.7 | — | — |
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No change in absorbance or fluorescence value was found, indicating a lack of interaction between assay and Ag-nps.
a
No cell control value at which a significant increase in absorbance or fluorescence was observed (p < 0.05).
b
Cell control value at which a significant increase in absorbance was observed before and after Ag-nps (p < 0.05).
c
A significant decrease was observed for this data set.