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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Morey TE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4552340 | biostudies-literature | 2004
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Morey Timothy E TE Varshney Manoj M Flint Jason A JA Rajasekaran Surender S Shah Dinesh O DO Dennis Donn M DM
Nano letters 20040101 4
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 ...[more]