Comparison of alamar blue and MTT assays for high through-put screening 

 -  Toxicology in Vitro, 18(5), p.703-710, 2004 .
<br/><br/> The performance of alamar blue and 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT)cell viability assays in a high through-put format were compared. A total of 117 drugs chosen for their wide range of therapeutic areas were screened at 10 lM using both assays in human hepatoma cell line HepG2. Except for terfenadine and astemizole, which performed consistently in both assays, the alamar blue assay was slightly more sensitive than the MTT assay for most compounds. The MTT assay was less sensitive detecting an effect for daunorubicin and trifluoperazine. Seven drugs, astemizole, daunorubicin, ellipticine, fluphenazine, terfenadine, thioridazine and trifluoperazine, had percent viability results of 55 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>HEPG2<br/>ALAMAR BLUE<br/>MTT<br/>ASSAY<br/>HTS