Influence of carbon nanotube length on toxicity to zebrafish embryos

International Journal of Nanomedicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 3731-3739

  Cheng, Jinping ^a,b   Cheng, Shuk Han ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Developmental toxicity; Length; Sonication; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BLASTODERM; CARBON NANOTUBE LENGTH; CELL MATURATION; CELL MOTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYOTOXICITY; MICROINJECTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POLYMERIZATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BLASTODERM; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SONICATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TOXICITY TESTS; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 84870314322     PISSN: 11769114     EISSN: 11782013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJN.S30459     Document Type: Article

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