Mechanisms of nanotoxicity: Generation of reactive oxygen species

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 64-75

  Fu, Peter P ^a   Xia, Qingsu ^a   Hwang, Huey Min ^b   Ray, Paresh C ^c   Yu, Hongtao ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Jackson State University ^*  (United States)

^c JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lipid peroxidation; Nanotoxicology; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; HYDROXYL RADICAL; METAL ION; METAL OXIDE; NANOMATERIAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE;

APOPTOSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DAMAGE; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DISSOLUTION; DNA DAMAGE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NANOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOXICITY; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84901621691     PISSN: 10219498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfda.2014.01.005     Document Type: Review

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