Progress in the research of carbon nanotubes as drug carriers

Yaoxue Xuebao

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 985-991

  Yu, Jin Gang ^a,b   Huang, Ke Long ^a   Yang, Qiao Qin ^b   Liu, Su Qin ^a   Tang, Jin Chun ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Drug carrier; Functionalization; Low toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CARBON NANOTUBE; DRUG CARRIER;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DESIGN; GENE VECTOR; HUMAN; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG DESIGN; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 55049088896     PISSN: 05134870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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