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. 2016 Aug 26;11:4199–4211. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S107752

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Acute toxicity test on Daphnia magna.

Notes: (A) Effects of QDs and QDs-Ind on the immobilization and mortality of D. magna after 48 hours of exposure. No toxicity resulted with Ind at all concentrations tested. Asterisks indicate significance; a P-value by Tukey’s multiple comparison posttest for two-way-ANOVA: **P<0.01, ***P<0.001. (B) EC₅₀ and EC₁₀ values obtained by linear regression with 95% CIs.

Abbreviations: QDs, quantum dots; QDS-Ind, quantum dots-indolicidin; ANOVA, analysis of variance; CI, confidence interval; ND, not determinable; EC₁₀, effective concentration at 10%; EC₅₀, effective concentration at 50%.