Nanotoxicity of natural minerals: An emerging area of nanotoxicology

Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-33

  Ahmad, Iqbal ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL VIABILITY; IN-VITRO; MINERAL PARTICLES; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NATURAL MINERALS; SILICA NANOPARTICLES;

SILICA; TALC;

MINERALS;

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NANOPARTICLE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TALC; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; MINERAL;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MACROPHAGE; NANOTOXICOLOGY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFECT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MINERALS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TOXICITY TESTS; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 79957698030     PISSN: 15507033     EISSN: 15507041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jbn.2011.1187     Document Type: Article

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