Toward in silico approaches for investigating the activity of nanoparticles in therapeutic development

IDrugs

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 728-732

  Saliner, A G ^a   Poater, A ^b   Worth, A P ^c  

^a Institut de Quimica Computacional   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

(Q)SAR; Drug delivery; In silico model; Nanoneedle; Nanoparticle; NP; Quantitative SAR

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOPARTICLE;

COMPUTER MODEL; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NANOANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DRUG DESIGN; FULLERENES; HUMANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOMEDICINE; NANOPARTICLES; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 53149116712     PISSN: 13697056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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