Pulmonary Toxicity of Instilled Silver Nanoparticles: Influence of Size, Coating and Rat Strain
Fig 4
Effect of instillation of silver nanoparticles capped with citrate (cit) or polyvinlypyrrolidone (pvp) on BAL levels of protein, malonaldehyde (MDA) and eosinophil cationic protein (ECP), and on lung tissue ECP.
Data is expressed as mean ± SD, n = 5–6 for each. *P<0.05, **P<0.001 and P<0.0001 compared to water control (C).