Diamondoids - The Molecular Lego of Biomedicine, Materials Science and Nanotechnology

Journal of Bioanalysis and Biomedicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Ali, Mansoori G ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAMANTANE DERIVATIVE; ADAPHOSTIN; ANTIDOTE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CONGRESSANE; DIAMONDOID DERIVATIVE; MEMANTINE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TETRAMANTANE; TRIAMANTANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG TARGETING; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALARIA; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOENGINEERING; NANOMEDICINE; NANOPHARMACEUTICS; NEOPLASM; PARASITOSIS; PHARMACOPHORE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; STEREOISOMERISM; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84881537487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1948593X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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