. 2018 Nov 1;2018:6218193. doi: 10.1155/2018/6218193

Table 3.

Effect concentration (mg/L) values of nanogold and its bulk chemical equivalent.

	Au	Toxicity parameters with upper and lower confidence limits (mg/L) 95%-CL
		EC ₁₀		EC ₂₀		EC ₅₀		NOEC	LOEC
Growth	nAu	95.8^a	209.8	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
	nAu	95.8^a	43.8	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
	Ionic Au	0.97^a	1.09	1.06	1.23	1.24	1.74	0.5	1
	Ionic Au	0.97^a	0.87	1.06	0.90	1.24	0.87	0.5	1

Reproduction	nAu	68.5	n.d.	91.9	n.d.	161.3	n.d.	>=100	>100
	nAu	68.5	n.d.	91.9	n.d.	161.3	n.d.	>=100	>100
	Ionic Au	0.002	0.074	0.007	0.20	0.06	3.19	n.d.	n.d.
	Ionic Au	0.002	0	0.007	0	0.06	0.001	n.d.	n.d.

(1) n.d.: not determined. (2) Values within the same column with the same superscript symbol (a) are statistically different (p < 0.05). This could only be determined for values with both upper and lower confidence limits.