Carbon nanotubes as nanomedicines: From toxicology to pharmacology

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 58, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1460-1470

  Lacerda, Lara ^a   Bianco, Alberto ^b   Prato, Maurizio ^c   Kostarelos, Kostas ^a  

^a Centre for Drug Delivery Research   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodistribution; Cancer nanotechnology; Pharmacokinetics; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ION IMPLANTATION; MEDICINE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHARMACOKINETICS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIODISTRIBUTION; CANCER NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOMEDICINE; PHARMACOLOGY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

AMPHOTERICIN B; CARBON NANOTUBE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; VACCINE;

CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; EXPOSURE; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; LUNG TOXICITY; NANOPARTICLE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NANOMEDICINE; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PHARMACOKINETICS; PHARMACOLOGY;

EID: 34248208920     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2006.09.015     Document Type: Review

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