Copper oxide nanoparticles are highly toxic: A comparison between metal oxide nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1726-1732

  Karlsson, Hanna L ^a   Cronholm, Pontus ^a   Gustafsson, Johanna ^a   Möller, Lennart ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; COPPER DERIVATIVE; COPPER ION; COPPER OXIDE; FERRIC OXIDE; METAL OXIDE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOPARTICLE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; COPPER; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; HUMANS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 53549086404     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx800064j     Document Type: Article

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