title: Further insight into the bovine serum albumin assay (the in vitro anti-inflammatory assay).
abstract: The present article reports on the comparative cost of using the Bovine Serum Albumin as an assay for detecting natural products with anti-inflammatory activities relative to the use of animals. This is an addendum to the West Indian Medical Journal article; 2008; 57(4); 327-31.
authors.affiliation: The Natural Products Unit, Scientific Research Council, P.O. Box 350, Hope Gardens, Kingston 6, Jamaica West Indies. lawrencew@src-jamaica.org
authors.forename: L A D
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000826:Animal Testing Alternatives / Q000191:economics; D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay / Q000191:economics; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine