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- The first contributed volume to feature the recent developments which solely involve the pharmacological and biomaterials applications as well as the chemical properties of fullerenes
Part of the book series: Carbon Materials: Chemistry and Physics (CMCP, volume 1)
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Fullerenes and nanotubes are two classes of carbon structures or allotropes, which were discovered about 17 years ago. Since that time, many chemical derivatives have been synthesized using fullerenes and nanotubes as building blocks.
Particularly promising was the theory that the chemical properties of fullerenes, and certain derivatives, made them likely candidates for anticancer drugs, inhibitors of viruses such as HIV, or even as anti-bacterials. Their cyctotoxicity can also be controlled by specific circumstances.
In addition, the funtionalization of nanotubes has not only produced relatively simple derivatives, but also complex hybrids with biological macromolecules, which show unique supramolecular architecture and which are promising in many medical applications.
The application of fullerenes and nanotubes in medicine is at the frontier of our knowledge, thus the work in this field represents the basis for future novel developments.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacological Potential of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes
Editors: Franco Cataldo, Tatiana Ros
Series Title: Carbon Materials: Chemistry and Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6845-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6844-7Published: 11 September 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7736-3Published: 02 January 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6845-4Published: 08 September 2008
Series ISSN: 1875-0745
Series E-ISSN: 1875-0737
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 408
Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations, 46 illustrations in colour
Topics: Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Oncology, Nanotechnology, Materials Science, general, Biomaterials