In vivo biodistribution and toxicology of carboxylated graphene quantum dots

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 6858-6867

  Nurunnabi, Md ^a   Khatun, Zehedina ^a   Huh, Kang Moo ^b   Park, Sung Young ^a   Lee, Dong Yun ^c   Cho, Kwang Jae ^d   Lee, Yong Kyu ^a  

^a Chungju National University   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^d Uijeongbu St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

biodistribution; graphene quantum dots; imaging; serum biochemistry; toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BIODISTRIBUTIONS; BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; COMPLETE BLOOD COUNTS; HISTOLOGICAL EVALUATION; INTRAVENOUS INJECTIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY FLUIDS; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; GRAPHENE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAMMALS; MEDICINE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

TOXICITY;

BIOMATERIAL; CARBON; GRAPHITE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; QUANTUM DOT;

ANIMAL; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMISTRY; DOG; HUMAN; LUMINESCENCE; MDCK CELL LINE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; SOLUBILITY; TIME; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY TESTING; TUMOR CELL LINE; ARTICLE; MDCK CELL; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CARBON; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOGS; GRAPHITE; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUMINESCENCE; MADIN DARBY CANINE KIDNEY CELLS; MICE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUANTUM DOTS; SOLUBILITY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84883207890     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn402043c     Document Type: Article

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