Cytotoxic Assessment of Carbon Nanotube Interaction with Cell Cultures

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 726, Issue , 2011, Pages 299-312

  Ali Boucetta, Hanene ^a   Al Jamal, Khuloud T ^a   Kostarelos, Kostas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell death; Fluorescence; LDH; MTT; Nanotechnology; Nanotoxicology

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; POLOXAMER;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; POLOXAMER;

EID: 79959802291     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-052-2_19     Document Type: Chapter

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