C60 fullerene: A powerful antioxidant or a damaging agent? The importance of an in-depth material characterization prior to toxicity assays

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1134-1139

  Spohn, P ^a   Hirsch, C ^a   Hasler, F ^a   Bruinink, A ^a   Krug, H F ^a   Wick, P ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Daphnia magna; Fullerenes; In vitro; Nanoparticles; Nanotoxicity

Indexed keywords

A549 CELLS; ACUTE TOXIC EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; CARBON NANOSPHERES; CRUSTACEA; DAMAGING AGENTS; DAPHNIA MAGNA; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS; FULLERENE SUSPENSIONS; HUMAN HEALTHS; HUMAN LUNGS; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENTS; IN VITRO; IN-VIVO; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; NANOTOXICITY; RESPIRATORY TRACTS; SIDE PRODUCTS; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; TETRAHYDROFURAN; TOXICITY ASSAYS;

CELL CULTURE; NANOPARTICLES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TOXICITY;

FULLERENES;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOASSAY; BIOINDICATOR; CRUSTACEAN; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FULLERENE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RESPIRATION; TOXICITY TEST;

ANTIOXIDANT; CYTOTOXIN; FULLERENE C60; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; FURAN DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDROFURAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CYTOTOXINS; DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FULLERENES; FURANS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 60949085729     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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