Identification of nanofibers in the Chinese herbal medicine: Yunnan Baiyao

Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 472-476

  Lenaghan, Scott C ^a   Xia, Lijin ^a   Zhang, Mingjun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

AFM; Nanofiber; Yunnan Baiyao

Indexed keywords

AFM; AFM IMAGE; CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINES; NANOSCALE STRUCTURE; PLATELET AGGREGATION; TRADITIONAL CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE;

MEDICINE; NANOFIBERS; SPINNING (FIBERS);

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

HERBACEOUS AGENT; NANOFIBER; NANOMATERIAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YUNNAN BAIYAO;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLOOD CLOTTING; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERBAL MEDICINE; NONHUMAN; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; WOUND HEALING;

DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 76749133706     PISSN: 15507033     EISSN: 15507041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jbn.2009.1056     Document Type: Article

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