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. 2017 Sep 13;4(9):170480. doi: 10.1098/rsos.170480

Figure 1.

Figure 1.

Cellular responses of mussel haemocytes exposed to ZnO and α-Fe2O3@ZnO and their inulin coated versions. No statistically significant changes were induced on cell death, cell viability, mitochondrial membrane integrity, production of reactive oxygen species or lysosome abundance (p > 0.05). nZnO inulin causes the highest increase in zinc internalization measured an increased NPG fluorescence, starting at 10 ppm. Treatment with 20 ppm of nZnO or nα-Fe2O3@ZnO inulin also increase NPG fluorescence. The asterisk indicates statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) compared with the 0 ppm (control) treatment of the corresponding chemical treatment according to Dunnett's comparison. Values are average ± s.e. (n ≥ 4).