A guide to the use of bioassays in exploration of natural resources

Keywords

Bioassay selection

Bioactivity

Natural products

Drug discovery

Blue biotechnology

Bioactivity-guided purification

Validation

Preclinical trials

Biodiscovery

AbbreviationsABTS/TEAC

2,2’-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid)/Trolox®-Equivalent Antioxidant Capacity

ADMET

absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, toxicity

AFST

antifungal susceptibility testing

CADD

computer-aided drug design

CC50

50 % cytotoxicity concentration

CLSI

Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute

COST

European Cooperation in Science and Technology

CTA

cell transformation assays

CUPRAC

CUPric Reducing Antioxidant Capacity

DPPH

2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl

EC50

50% effective concentration

EFSA

European Food Safety Authority

EMA

European Medicines Agency

EUCAST

European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

FDA

United States Food and Drug Administration

FMCA

fluorometric microculture cytotoxicity assay

GI50

50 % growth inhibition

GLP

good laboratory practice

HAT

hydrogen atom transfer

HIA

hemagglutination inhibition assay

HTS

high-throughput screening

LLPS

liquid-liquid phase separation

MALDI-TOF

matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time-of-flight mass spectrometry

MIC

minimum inhibitory concentration

MOI

multiplicity of infection

MBC

minimum bactericidal concentration

MTT

3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide a yellow tetrazole that is reduced to purple formazan in living cells

MSPE

magnetic solid phase extraction

NAM

new approach methodology

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

ORAC

oxygen radical absorbance capacity

PRA

plaque reduction assay

qPCR

quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction

SPE

solid phase extraction

VRA

virus yield reduction assay

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