Figure 8.
Caspase-3/7 activity was measured as a parameter of apoptotic cell death in: (A) HeLa cells; (B) DU145 cells.
Notes: The experiment was repeated three times in triplicate. P-values are shown as follows: ns, non-significant, *P<0.05, **P<0.01, and ***P<0.001 are considered as significant.
Abbreviations: Ag-GQDs/DOX, silver nanoparticles decorated with graphene quantum dots conjugated with Doxorubicin; DOX, bare Doxorubicin; Ag-GQDs, silver nanoparticles decorated with graphene quantum dots; GQDs, graphene quantum dots; GQDs/DOX, graphene quantum dots conjugated with Doxorubicin; RFU, relative fluorescence units.