Open Access<p>The Potential Anticancer Activity of 5-Fluorouracil Loaded in Cellulose Fibers Isolated from Rice Straw</p>
Author(s) -
Mostafa Yusefi,
Kamyar Shameli,
Hossein Jahangirian,
SinYeang Teow,
Hiroshi Umakoshi,
Bahram Saleh,
Roshanak Rafiee-Moghaddam,
Thomas J Webster
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of nanomedicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.245
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1178-2013
pISSN - 1176-9114
DOI - 10.2147/ijn.s250047
Subject(s) - cytotoxicity , nuclear chemistry , crystallinity , cellulose , thermal stability , materials science , zeta potential , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , fluorouracil , chemistry , in vitro , pharmacology , biochemistry , organic chemistry , chemical engineering , chemotherapy , nanotechnology , medicine , surgery , nanoparticle , composite material , engineering
Green-based materials have been increasingly studied to circumvent off-target cytotoxicity and other side-effects from conventional chemotherapy.