Methodological approaches for nanotoxicology using cnidarian models

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 207-216

  Ambrosone, Alfredo ^a   Tortiglione, Claudia ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrate; Cnidaria; Model organisms; Nanotoxicology

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL; PROTEINASE;

APOPTOSIS; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CNIDARIAN LIFE CYCLE STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EX VIVO STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HYDRA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MITOSIS; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NEMATOCYST; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CNIDARIA; MODELS, ANIMAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TOXICITY TESTS; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CNIDARIA; HYDRA; HYDRA VULGARIS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATOSTELLA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS;

EID: 84875655629     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15376516.2012.747117     Document Type: Review

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