Pharmaceutical applications of graphene-based nanosheets

Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1016-1026

  Kim, Mi Gyeong ^a   Park, Joo Y ^a   Shon, Yuna ^a   Shim, Gayong ^a   Oh, Yu Kyoung ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Graphene nanosheets; Graphene oxide; Photodynamic therapy; Photothermal therapy; Reduced graphene oxide; Theranostic applications

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; CAMPTOTHECIN; CARBOXYL GROUP; CHITOSAN; CHLORIN E6; DOXORUBICIN; ELLAGIC ACID; EPOXIDE; FLUOROURACIL; GLUTATHIONE; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDRAZINE; HYDROXYL GROUP; HYPOCRELLIN A; HYPOCRELLIN B; MACROGOL; METHOTREXATE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; POLOXAMER; POLY [2 (DIMETHYLAMINO) ETHYL METHACRYLATE]; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; RITUXIMAB; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DRUG CARRIER; GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ADSORPTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG UPTAKE; HUMAN; NANOSHEET; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; REVIEW; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHARMACEUTICS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DRUG CARRIERS; GRAPHITE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 84903698512     PISSN: 13892010     EISSN: 18734316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1389201015666140113113222     Document Type: Review

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