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Trypan Blue

Known as: Blue, Niagara, C34H28N6O14S4, Blue, Diamine 
An acid azo dye commonly used as a stain to distinguish viable from non-viable cells. It turns dead cells blue and viable cells unstained. It is a… 
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TRYPAN BLUE 0.06% SOLN,INTRAOCULARTRYPAN BLUE 0.3 mg in 0.5 mL OPHTHALMIC INJECTION, SOLUTION [VISIONBLUE]TRYPAN BLUE 0.75 mg in 0.5 mL INTRAOCULAR INJECTION, SOLUTION [MEMBRANEBLUE]analogs & derivatives

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Cell viability analysis using trypan blue: manual and automated methods.
One of the traditional methods of cell viability analysis is the use of trypan blue dye exclusion staining. This technique has… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Trypan Blue Exclusion Test of Cell Viability
  • W. Strober
  • Current Protocols in Immunology
  • 2001
  • Corpus ID: 44456454
The protocol described in this appendix allows for light microscopic quantitation of cell viability. Cells are suspended in PBS… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Trypan blue exclusion test of cell viability.
  • W. Strober
  • Current Protocols in Immunology
  • 2001
  • Corpus ID: 205155071
The dye exclusion test is used to determine the number of viable cells present in a cell suspension. It is based on the principle… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Comparison of Trypan Blue Dye Exclusion and Fluorometric Assays for Mammalian Cell Viability Determinations
A hemocytometer‐based trypan blue dye exclusion cell quantitation and viability assay was compared with a similar assay using… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Rapid and automated tetrazolium-based colorimetric assay for the detection of anti-HIV compounds.
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Calcium dependence of toxic cell death: a final common pathway.
Primary cultures of adult rat hepatocytes were treated in the presence or absence of extracellular calcium with ten different… 
Review
1978
Review
1978
WHOLE‐EMBRYO CULTURE AND THE STUDY OF MAMMALIAN EMBRYOS DURING ORGANOGENESIS
  • D. New
  • Biological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical…
  • 1978
  • Corpus ID: 6024813
1. Simple and reliable methods are now available for growing rat and mouse embryos in culture at all stages of organogenesis… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Improved procedures for clearing roots and staining parasitic and vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for rapid assessment of infection.
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
HIGH-YIELD PREPARATION OF ISOLATED RAT LIVER PARENCHYMAL CELLS
A new technique employing continuous recirculating perfusion of the rat liver in situ, shaking of the liver in buffer in vitro… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
EVALUATION OF THE TRYPAN BLUE TECHNIQUE FOR DETERMINATION OF CELL VIABILITY
A study has been made to determine the accuracy of the trypan blue staining technique as an index of the proportion of viable… 
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