Quantum dots for drug delivery and therapy

International Journal of Pharmacy and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 2055-2074

  Vengala, Pavani ^a   Dasari, Anvesh ^a   Yeruva, Nitika ^a  

^a Osmania University   (India)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Imaging; Nanoparticles; Quantum dots; Targeting

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CISPLATIN; CYCLODEXTRIN; DOXORUBICIN; DRUG CARRIER; FOLIC ACID; GALACTOSAMINE; GELATIN; MACROGOL; MANNOSE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOPARTICLE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; QUANTUM DOT; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; ZINC;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SELECTION; CELL TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOTOXICITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84864746877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0975766X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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