Pharmacokinetics, metabolism and toxicity of carbon nanotubes for bio-medical purposes

Theranostics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 271-282

  Yang, Sheng Tao ^a,b   Luo, Jianbin ^a   Zhou, Qinghan ^a   Wang, Haifang ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY FOR NATIONALITIES   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomedical applications; Carbon nanotubes; Metabolism; Pharmacokinetics; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; POLYSORBATE 80; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMEDICINE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG METABOLISM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 84863848106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18387640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/thno.3618     Document Type: Review

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