Watercress-based gold nanoparticles: Biosynthesis, mechanism of formation and study of their biocompatibility in vitro

Micro and Nano Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 345-350

  Pourhassan Moghaddam, Mohammad ^a,c   Zarghami, Nosratollah ^a,c   Mohsenifar, Afshin ^b   Rahmati Yamchi, Mohammad ^a,c   Gholizadeh, Davud ^c   Akbarzadeh, Abolfazl ^c   De La Guardia, Miguel ^d   Nejati Koshki, Kazem ^c  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG DELIVERY; GOLD; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADVERSE EFFECT; COLOUR CHANGE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; MECHANISM OF FORMATION; SODIUM CITRATE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC ANALYSIS; TARGET CELLS;

DIAGNOSIS;

CITRATE SODIUM; GOLD NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MTT ASSAY; PARTICLE SIZE; REACTION ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATERCRESS;

EID: 84901828978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2014.0063     Document Type: Article

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