Comparative study of the cytotoxicity of the nanosized and microsized tellurium powders on HeLa cells

Frontiers in Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 444-450

  Wen, Huanan ^a   Zhong, Jiaxin ^a   Shen, Bei ^a   Gan, Tao ^a   Fu, Chao ^a   Zhu, Zhihong ^a   Li, Rui ^a   Yang, Xu ^a  

^a CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

8 hydroxy 2 deoxyguanosine (8 OHdG); DNA and protein crosslink (DPC); glutathione (GSH); HeLa cells; nanosized and microsized tellurium powder; oxidative damage; reactive oxygen species (ROS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881007454     PISSN: 16747984     EISSN: 16747992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11515-013-1266-y     Document Type: Article

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