Concepedia

Targeted killing of Leishmania donovani in vivo and in vitro with amphotericin B attached to functionalized carbon nanotubes

Vijay Kumar Prajapati, Kalpana Awasthi, Sakshi Gautam, Thakur Prasad Yadav, Madhukar Rai, O.N. Srivastava, Shyam Sundar

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy · 2011 · 150 citations · 16 references

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Abstract

The results of these experiments clearly demonstrate that f-CNT-AmB has significantly greater antileishmanial efficacy than AmB and had no significant cytotoxic effects.

References

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Drug Delivery Systems: Entering the Mainstream

Theresa M. Allen, Pieter R. Cullis · Science · 2004 · 4.5K citations

Nanoparticles, Engineering, Biomedical Engineering +16

The biocompatibility of carbon nanotubes

Simon Smart, A. Ian Cassady, Gao Qing Lu et al. · Carbon · 2005 · 992 citations

Carbon Nanotubes, Engineering, Carbon-based Material +1

Promises, facts and challenges for carbon nanotubes in imaging and therapeutics

Kostas Kostarelos, Alberto Bianco, Maurizio Prato · Nature Nanotechnology · 2009 · 782 citations

Engineering, Carbon-based Material, Nanomaterials +8

Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes Are Non-Cytotoxic and Preserve the Functionality of Primary Immune Cells

Hélène Dumortier, Stéphanie Lacotte, Giorgia Pastorin et al. · Nano Letters · 2006 · 690 citations · Full text

Primary Immune Cells, Engineering, Immunotoxicology +16

Failure of Pentavalent Antimony in Visceral Leishmaniasis in India: Report from the Center of the Indian Epidemic

Shyam Sundar, Deepak K. More, Manoj Kumar Singh et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2000 · 641 citations

Parasitic Protozoa, Traditional Sb Treatment, Pathology +6