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nitroblue tetrazolium
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nitroblue tetrazolium
a yellow dye converted to a blue color on reduction.

nitroblue tetrazolium test
used to measure the phagocytic activity of polymorphonuclear leukocytes by the amount of color change in the dye.


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The reduction of nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) to insoluble blue formazan was used to quantify intracellular superoxide anion ([O.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The cell viability was determined using the 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol]-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) test method.
The colorimetric method is based on the measurement of dehydrogenase activity (yellow tetrazolium salt is oxidized to blue formazan).
 
 
 
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