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Timothy E Morey1, Manoj Varshney1, Jason A Flint1, Surender Rajasekaran1, Dinesh O Shah1, Donn M Dennis1.
Abstract
Because of its ability to create structures of nanoscale dimension with large aggregate particle surface area-to-volume ratios, nanotechnology offers new opportunities to treat drug poisonings. Emulsion-based nanoparticles (diameter: 118.4 nm) extracted bupivacaine from the aqueous phase in a physiological salt solution and attenuated the drug's cardiotoxicity in guinea pig heart to a greater extent than did a macroemulsion (432.0 nm). Additionally, nanoparticles sequestered bupivacaine from the aqueous phase of human blood and merit further investigation in animal models of intoxication.Entities:
Year: 2004 PMID: 26321882 PMCID: PMC4552340 DOI: 10.1021/nl049880w
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nano Lett ISSN: 1530-6984 Impact factor: 11.189