Multiwalled carbon nanotubes effect on the bioavailability of artemisinin and its cytotoxity to cancerous cells

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 6339-6346

  Rezaei, Behzad ^a   Majidi, Najmeh ^a   Noori, Shokoofe ^b   Hassan, Zuhair M ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Artemisinin; Cytotoxicity; MTT assay; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Nanomedicine

Indexed keywords

ANTICANCER DRUG; ARTEMISININ; BINDING CONSTANT; CANCER CELL LINES; CANCER CELLS; CANCEROUS CELLS; CYTOTOXITY; DRUG MOLECULES; ELECTROCHEMICAL EXPERIMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; IC50 VALUE; INCUBATION TIME; MODIFIED ELECTRODES; MTT ASSAYS; NANOMEDICINES; REDUCTION PEAK CURRENTS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

ADSORPTION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; CYTOTOXICITY; MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

ARTEMISININ; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG TARGETING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84857051947     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-011-0376-1     Document Type: Article

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