Single-walled carbon nanotube and graphene nanodelivery of gambogic acid increases its cytotoxicity in breast and pancreatic cancer cells

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1188-1199

  Saeed, Lamya M ^a   Mahmood, Meena ^a   Pyrek, Sebastian J ^b   Fahmi, Tariq ^b   Xu, Yang ^a   Mustafa, Thikra ^a,d   Nima, Zeid A ^a   Bratton, Stacie M ^b   Casciano, Dan ^a   Dervishi, Enkeleda ^a,c   Radominska Pandya, Anna ^b   Biris, Alexandru S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer nanotechnology; Gambogic acid; Graphene; Nanodelivery; Pancreatic cancer; Single walled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; DRUG CARRIER; GAMBOGIC ACID; GRAPHITE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; XANTHONE DERIVATIVE;

BREAST TUMOR; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PANCREAS TUMOR; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DRUG CARRIERS; GRAPHITE; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MACROPHAGES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITOCHONDRIA; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; XANTHONES;

EID: 84907812839     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.3018     Document Type: Article

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