A Metabolic Biofuel Cell: Conversion of Human Leukocyte Metabolic Activity to Electrical Currents

Journal of Biological Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Justin, Gusphyl A ^a,d   Zhang, Yingze ^b   Cui, X Tracy ^a   Bradberry, Charles W ^b   Sun, Mingui ^b   Sclabassi, Robert J ^c  

^a PA 15260   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c US Naval Research Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; ESTER; FERRICYANIDE; FICOLL; PHORBOL; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM FERRICYANIDE; PROTON; SEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL LINE; MONOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON SODIUM EXCHANGE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

EID: 79955728329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17541611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1754-1611-5-5     Document Type: Article

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