Concentration dependent toxicity of ∼20 nm anatase titanium dioxide nanoparticles - An in vivo study on wistar rats

Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 207-208

  Unnithan, Jyotisree ^a   Rehman, Muneeb U ^a   Ahmad, Farhan J ^a   Samim, M ^a  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Synthesis; TiO 2 nanoparticles; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANATASE TITANIUM DIOXIDE; BIOCHEMICAL PERTURBATIONS; CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT; IN-VIVO; TIO; WISTAR RAT;

NANOPARTICLES; OXIDES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TOXICITY;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER TOXICITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SYNTHESIS; WISTAR RAT; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; LD 50; PARTICLE SIZE;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ANIMALS; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TITANIUM;

EID: 79957687772     PISSN: 15507033     EISSN: 15507041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jbn.2011.1271     Document Type: Article

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