Aqueous fullerene aggregates (nC60) generate minimal reactive oxygen species and are of low toxicity in fish: A revision of previous reports

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 533-537

  Henry, Theodore B ^a,b   Petersen, Elijah J ^c   Compton, Robert N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; CRITICAL REVIEW; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; LOW TOXICITY; MICROPLASTICS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; FISH; FULLERENES; OXYGEN;

TOXICITY;

FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FISH; MICELLE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISHES; FULLERENES; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 79960940355     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2011.05.511     Document Type: Review

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