Therapeutic Effect of Arsenicum album on Leukocytes
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
3. Experimental Section
3.1. Culturing of the MT4 Cell Line
3.2. Cell Enumeration Using the Trypan Blue Dye Exclusion Assay
3.3. The MTT Assay
3.4. Solubilization of Arsenic Trioxide
3.5. Arsenic Trioxide Cytotoxicity
3.6. Preparation of Arsenicum album Succussed and Unsuccussed Potencies
3.7. Arsenicum album Potency Study Using the MT4 Cell Line
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
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A1* | A2** | B1*** | B2**** | ||||||
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Mean | Standard Deviation | Mean | Standard Deviation | Mean | Standard Deviation | Mean | Standard Deviation | ||
Solvent control | 0.0306 | 0.0028 | 0.0240 | 0.0093 | 0.0332 | 0.0068 | 0.0378 | 0.0138 | |
6CH | Succussed | 0.0323 | 0.0019 | 0.0168 | 0.0004 | 0.0192 | 0.0023 | 0.0285 | 0.0029 |
Unsuccussed | 0.0249 | 0.0044 | 0.0175 | 0.0077 | 0.0178 | 0.0086 | 0.0349 | 0.0082 | |
30CH | Succussed | 0.0329 | 0.0072 | 0.0234 | 0.0014 | 0.0166 | 0.0025 | 0.0357 | 0.0018 |
Unsuccussed | 0.0376 | 0.0083 | 0.0268 | 0.0053 | 0.0242 | 0.0041 | 0.0373 | 0.0081 | |
200CH | Succussed | 0.0459 | 0.0038 | 0.0304 | 0.0043 | 0.0367 | 0.0134 | 0.0681 | 0.0035 |
Unsuccussed | 0.0476 | 0.0023 | 0.0333 | 0.0070 | 0.0361 | 0.0082 | 0.0609 | 0.0035 |
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Ive, E.C.; Couchman, I.M.S.; Reddy, L. Therapeutic Effect of Arsenicum album on Leukocytes. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2012, 13, 3979-3987. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms13033979
Ive EC, Couchman IMS, Reddy L. Therapeutic Effect of Arsenicum album on Leukocytes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2012; 13(3):3979-3987. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms13033979
Chicago/Turabian StyleIve, Elaine C., Ingrid M. S. Couchman, and Lalini Reddy. 2012. "Therapeutic Effect of Arsenicum album on Leukocytes" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 13, no. 3: 3979-3987. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms13033979
APA StyleIve, E. C., Couchman, I. M. S., & Reddy, L. (2012). Therapeutic Effect of Arsenicum album on Leukocytes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 13(3), 3979-3987. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms13033979