Figure 1.
Cytotoxicity of NO-releasing and non-NO-releasing dendrimers against HGF-1 human gingival fibroblasts at the concentrations required for biofilm eradication. 10% DMSO was used as a positive control. Numbers following each dendrimer modification (i.e., 2, 8, 48, and 64) represent the MBEC2h in mg/mL. Error bars represent the standard deviation of the mean. For all values, n ≥ 3 replicate measurements. Asterisk indicates significant differences (p < 0.05) using two-tailed student's t-test.