Brine Shrimp Lethality Assay (BST)
Artemia saline or Sea M onkeys
Rapid, in house, and low cost substitute for cytotoxic assays developed by Dr. M cL aughlin
Responsible for the isolation of numerous, chemical and pharmacologically diverse antitumor and pesticidal compounds.
Records the lethal concentration to kill 50% of the shrimp (L C50 value with upper and lower 95% confidence levels)