Application of graphene/graphene oxide in biomedicine and biotechnology

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 855-869

  Zhou, Xianfeng ^a,b   Liang, Feng ^a,c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biosensing; Drug (gene) delivery; Graphene; Tissue engineering; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; NANOMATERIAL; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBON NANOTUBE; FIRTECAN;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; CIRCULATION TIME; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GLUCOSE SENSOR; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOTHERAPY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; SURFACE CHARGE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; BIOMEDICINE; BIOSENSOR; CYTOTOXICITY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; NANOTOXICOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY;

ANIMALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DRUG CARRIERS; GRAPHITE; HUMANS; NANOMEDICINE; OXIDES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84893600998     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: 1875533X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/0929867320666131119124325     Document Type: Article

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