Mucus and microbiota as emerging players in gut nanotoxicology: The example of dietary silver and titanium dioxide nanoparticles

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 1023-1032

  Mercier Bonin, Muriel ^a   Despax, Bernard ^b   Raynaud, Patrice ^b   Houdeau, Eric ^a   Thomas, Muriel ^c  

^a TOXALIM RESEARCH CENTRE IN FOOD TOXICOLOGY   (France)

^b Laboratoire Plasma et Conversion d'Energie   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Dietary nanoparticle; gut; microbiota; mucus; silver; titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY FLUIDS; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDES; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MICROBIOTAS; MUCUS; NANO-SIZED PARTICLES; NANO-TITANIUM DIOXIDE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL TRANSFORMATION; PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLES;

SILVER;

FOOD ADDITIVE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILVER; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TOXICOLOGY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; DIET; FOOD ADDITIVES; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MODELS, ANIMAL; SILVER; TITANIUM; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 85020712584     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2016.1243088     Document Type: Review

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