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Preferred Term:

bioassays

Definition:

A method of measuring the effects of a biologically active substance using a living organism in vivo or in vitro tissue or cell model under controlled conditions.

Concept Schemes:

NALT Core
NALT Full

Broader Concept:

assays

Narrower Concepts:

luminescent assay
cell transformation assay
frog embryo teratogenesis assay-Xenopus
Ames test
viability assays
Limulus amebocyte lysate assay

Entry Terms:

biological assays

URI:

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/13161

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