Crucial functionalizations of carbon nanotubes for improved drug delivery: A valuable option?

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 746-769

  Pastorin, Giorgia ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Drug delivery systems; Functionalization; Nanotechnology; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AURANOFIN; BLEOMYCIN; CARBON NANOTUBE; CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN; DAUNORUBICIN; DENDRIMER; DEXAMETHASONE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; FLOXURIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; GALACTOSAMINE; GEMCITABINE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; IRINOTECAN; LIPOSOME; METHOTREXATE; MITOXANTRONE; NANOHORN; NANOPARTICLE; PACLITAXEL; POLYMER; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; THALIDOMIDE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VINCRISTINE; VIVAGEL;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENCAPSULATION; HAND FOOT SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; METASTASIS; MYCOSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG COMPOUNDING; HUMANS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 61449106492     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: 1573904X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11095-008-9811-0     Document Type: Review

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