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. 2015 May 8;10(5):e0125037. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125037

Fig 3. Evaluation of cell mortality with acridine orange/ethidium bromide (AO/EB) staining after exposition to chemotherapeutic agents.

Fig 3

AO is a vital dye and stains both live and dead cells. EB penetrates into cells with disrupted cytoplasmic membrane, staining only dead cells. Therefore, viable cells appear uniformly green and dead cells are labelled in orange. a) Low sensitivity (cell mortality 5%). b) Average sensitivity (cell mortality 40%). c) High sensitivity (cell mortality 80%).