Analysis of Cell Viability by the alamarBlue Assay

Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2018 Jun 1;2018(6). doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot095489.

Abstract

This protocol describes viability measurements for cell cultures in a 96-well tissue culture plate using alamarBlue (resazurin). The assay can be modified to accommodate larger plates; however, for a preliminary analysis of transfection reagents and parameters of the transfection protocol on cell viability, a 96-well plate format is the most cost effective.

MeSH terms

  • Biological Assay / methods*
  • Cell Survival
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Oxazines / metabolism*
  • Xanthenes / metabolism*

Substances

  • Oxazines
  • Xanthenes
  • resazurin