A rule for designing safer nanomaterials: Do not interfere with the cellular redox equilibrium

Nanotoxicology

Volumn 9, Issue S1, 2015, Pages 116-117

  Burello, Enrico ^a   Worth, Andrew P ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Computational nanotoxicology; Mechanistic toxicology; Risk assessment; Safe by design

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CYTOCHROME C; NANOMATERIAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ABSORPTION; BIOSAFETY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LEACHING; LETTER; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

DRUG DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84930006800     PISSN: 17435390     EISSN: 17435404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17435390.2013.828109     Document Type: Letter

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