Toxicity of Metal Oxides Nanoparticles

Advances in Molecular Toxicology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 145-178

  Horie, Masanori ^a   Fujita, Katsuhide ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Metal oxide; Nanoparticle; Oxidative stress; Solubility

Indexed keywords

BILIVERDIN; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARCINOGEN; CERIUM OXIDE; CHEMOATTRACTANT; COPPER OXIDE; FATTY ACID; GLUTATHIONE; HEME OXYGENASE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; METAL OXIDE; NANOPARTICLE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; ZINC OXIDE;

ABSORPTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BODY SURFACE; BOOK; CELL CULTURE; DNA DAMAGE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID OXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 79959357045     PISSN: 18720854     EISSN: 18720854     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53864-2.00004-9     Document Type: Chapter

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