Noninvasive and Safe Cell Viability Assay for Breast Cancer MCF-7 Cells Using Natural Food Pigment

A dye exclusion test (DET) was performed to determine the viability of human breast cancer cells MCF-7, using natural food pigments as compared with trypan blue (TB), a typical synthetic dye for DET known to exhibit teratogenicity and cytotoxicity. We demonstrated that <i>Monascus</i> pi...

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Main Authors: Kyohei Yamashita, Ryoma Tagawa, Yoshikazu Higami, Eiji Tokunaga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:Biology
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/9/8/227