Quercetin nanocomposite as novel anticancer therapeutic: Improved efficiency and reduced toxicity

European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 359-365

  Cirillo, Giuseppe ^a,b   Vittorio, Orazio ^c,d,e   Hampel, Silke ^b   Iemma, Francesca ^a   Parchi, Paolo ^f   Cecchini, Marco ^c   Puoci, Francesco ^a   Picci, Nevio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^c ISTITUTO NANOSCIENZE CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anticancer activity; Carbon nanotubes; Free radical grafting; Polymer therapeutics

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONOID; NANOCOMPOSITE; QUERCETIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; QUERCETIN;

EID: 84877598619     PISSN: 09280987     EISSN: 18790720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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