Identification of possible sources of nanotoxicity from carbon nanotubes inserted into membrane bilayers using membrane interaction quantitative structure-activity relationship analysis

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 459-466

  Liu, Jianzhong ^a   Hopfinger, Anton J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Chem21 Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM ION; CARBON NANOTUBE; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; UREA; CALCIUM; SODIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CYTOTOXICITY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SOLVATION; THICKNESS; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ION TRANSPORT; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; METABOLISM;

CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; ION TRANSPORT; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; NANOTUBES, CARBON; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SODIUM; UREA;

EID: 41649091640     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx700392b     Document Type: Article

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