Pilot in vivo toxicological investigation of boron nitride nanotubes

International Journal of Nanomedicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 19-24

  Ciofani, Gianni ^a   Danti, Serena ^b   Genchi, Giada Graziana ^a,c   D'Alessandro, Delfo ^b   Pellequer, Jean Luc ^d   Odorico, Michaël ^d   Mattoli, Virgilio ^a   Giorgi, Mario ^b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^d CEA VALRHO Centre de Marcoule   (France)

Author keywords

Boron nitride nanotubes; In vivo testing; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBE; CHITOSAN; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN; UREA;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PLATELET DISTRIBUTION WIDTH; REFERENCE VALUE; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; ZETA POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; NANOTOXICOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84856647877     PISSN: 11769114     EISSN: 11782013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s28144     Document Type: Article

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