The primacy of physicochemical characterization of nanomaterials for reliable toxicity assessment: A review of the zebrafish nanotoxicology model

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 926, Issue , 2012, Pages 261-316

  Bohnsack, John P ^a   Assemi, Shoeleh ^b   Miller, Jan D ^b   Furgeson, Darin Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Characterization; Nanoparticles; Nanotoxicology; Physicochemical characteristics; Review; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOPROPYLTRIETHOXYSILANE; ARSENIC; ASBESTOS; CARBON NANOTUBE; COAL; COPPER NANOPARTICLE; DIESEL FUEL; DOUBLE WALLED NANOTUBE; FULLERENE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; METAL OXIDE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOPARTICLE; NANOWIRE; NICKEL; PLATINUM NANOPARTICLE; POLYAMIDOAMINE; QUANTUM DOT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; URANIUM;

ANOPHTHALMIA; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERNALIZATION; IONIC STRENGTH; LD 50; LETHALITY; MACROMOLECULE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROINJECTION; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHOTON CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNTHESIS; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ZEBRA FISH; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84934439496     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-2-1_19     Document Type: Article

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