Review of and perspectives on the toxicology of graphene-based materials

Current Drug Metabolism

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 863-871

  Xu, Chenyuan ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Xu, Yuanzhi ^a   Shang, Guangwei ^a   Wang, Raorao ^a   Lin, Yunfeng ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Functionalized grapheme; Graphene; Graphene oxide; Reduced grapheme oxide; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMINE; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOGENICITY;

ANIMALS; GRAPHITE; HUMANS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDES;

EID: 84887901984     PISSN: 13892002     EISSN: 18755453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920021131400108     Document Type: Review

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