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SUBMITTER: Oliveira E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3988373 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Oliveira Elisabete E Santos Hugo M HM Garcia-Pardo Javier J Diniz Mário M Lorenzo Julia J Rodríguez-González Benito B Capelo José L JL Lodeiro Carlos C
Frontiers in chemistry 20131205
Silver nanoparticles, AgNPs, are widely used in our daily life, mostly due to their antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal properties. However, their potential toxicity remains unclear. In order to unravel this issue, emissive AgNPs were first synthetized using an inexpensive photochemical method, and then their permeation was assessed in vivo in goldfish and in vitro in human hepatoma cells (HepG2). In addition, the oxidative stress caused by AgNPs was assessed in enzymes such as glutathione- ...[more]