Effect of Coated Silver Nanoparticles on Cancerous vs. Healthy Cells

Table 1

Cytomorphological study of Нер-2 and ВНК-21 cells treated with silver NPs.

	Нер-2	+NPs 2 μg/mL	+NPs 0.4 μg/mL
Average number of total counted cells	614 ± 24	504 ± 15	538 ± 11
Average number of mitotic cells	28 ± 3	7 ± 2	26 ± 6
Average number of necrotic cells	10 ± 1	202 ± 9	10 ± 2
Mitotic index, %	4.6	1.3	4.9
Necrotic cells, %	1.7	40.1	1.9
	ВНК-21	+NPs 10 μg/mL	+NPs 2 μg/mL
Average number of total counted cells	555 ± 14	568 ± 10	532 ± 13
Average number of mitotic cells	8 ± 2	13 ± 2	10 ± 2
Average number of necrotic cells	25 ± 4	24 ± 3	23 ± 4
Mitotic index, %	1.4	2.3	1.9
Necrotic cells, %	4.4	4.3	4.3