Low-temperature plasmas at atmospheric pressure: Toward new pharmaceutical treatments in medicine

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 123-135

  Yousfi, Mohammed ^a   Merbahi, Nofel ^a   Pathak, Atul ^b   Eichwald, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Antitumor effect; Atmospheric plasma tuning; Blood coagulation; Chronic wounds; Decontamination and disinfection; Low temperature plasmas; Tissue healing

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; HELIUM;

AMBIENT AIR; ANTICOAGULATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CANCER THERAPY; CHRONIC WOUND; ELECTRIC FIELD; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HUMAN; MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; NONHUMAN; PLASMA GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTITUMOR EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA TUNING; BLOOD COAGULATION; CHRONIC WOUNDS; DECONTAMINATION AND DISINFECTION; LOW-TEMPERATURE PLASMAS; TISSUE HEALING;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PLASMA GASES;

EID: 84895540906     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: 14728206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fcp.12018     Document Type: Review

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