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Quantum dot nanoparticles affect the reproductive system of Caenorhabditis elegans.
Environmental toxicology and chemistry - 1 Oct 2012
Hsu Pei-Chun L, O'Callaghan Maureen, Al-Salim Najeh, Hurst Mark R H
Abstract excerpt
Quantum dots (QDs) are an increasingly important class of nanoparticle, but little ecotoxicological data for QDs has been published to date. The effects of mercaptosuccinic acid (MSA)-capped QDs (QDs-MSA) and equivalent concentrations of cadmium (Cd) from cadmium chloride on growth and reproduction of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (Rhabditidae) were assessed in laboratory experiments. Growth from larvae to...
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