Application of gold in biomedicine: Past, present and future

International Journal of Gerontology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-4

  Wang, Hsueh Hsiao ^a,b   Su, Cheng Huang ^a   Wu, Yih Jer ^a,b   Lin, Cheng An J ^c   Lee, Chih Hsien ^c   Shen, Ji Lin ^c   Chan, Wen Hsiung ^c   Chang, Walter H ^c   Yeh, Hung I ^a,b  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b MACKAY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

endothelial cell; fluorescent gold nanocluster

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT GOLD NANOCLUSTER; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HALF LIFE TIME; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84862798935     PISSN: 18739598     EISSN: 1873958X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijge.2011.09.015     Document Type: Review

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