Selective effects of curcumin on CdSe/ZnS quantum-dot-induced phototoxicity using UVA irradiation in normal human lymphocytes and leukemia cells

Toxicological Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-42

  Goo, Soomin ^a   Choi, Young Joo ^a   Lee, Younghyun ^a   Lee, Sunyeong ^a   Chung, Hai Won ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; CdSe ZnS QDs; Curcumin; DNA damage; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880582725     PISSN: 19768257     EISSN: 22342753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5487/TR.2013.29.1.035     Document Type: Article

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