Evaluating pharmacokinetics and toxicity of luminescent quantum dots

Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism and Toxicology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1265-1277

  Wu, Xu ^a   Tian, Fei ^a   Zhao, Julia Xiaojun ^a   Wu, Min ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodistribution; Blood half life; Excretion; Hydrodynamic diameter; in vivo imaging; Luminescent quantum dots; Pharmacokinetics; Surface modification; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM DOT;

DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; RODENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACOKINETICS; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84884272767     PISSN: 17425255     EISSN: 17447607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17425255.2013.807797     Document Type: Review

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