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. 2019 Feb 21;9:2494. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-39579-3

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Reactive oxygen species generation induced by cationic gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). (a) The level of ROS generation in cationic AuNPs-treated cells were monitored. MUAM-AuNPs treated cells showed increased ROS level comparable to H2O2-treated control group, while other cationic AuNPs did not induce noticeable ROS generation. Scale bar: 20 μm. (b) The fluorescence intensity shows the amount of ROS in AuNPs-treated cells. The level of ROS increased as the concentration of MUAM-AuNPs increased (***p < 0.001, one-way ANOVA).