Medicinal chemistry and pharmacological potential of fullerenes and carbon nanotubes

Preface; 1 - Twenty Years of Promises: Fullerene in Medicinal Chemistry Tatiana Da Ros; 2 - Biomedical Applications of Functionalised Carbon Nanotubes Alberto Bianco, Raquel Sainz, Shouping Li, Helene Dumortier, Lara Lacerda, Kostas Kostarelos, Silvia Giordani, and Maurizio Prato; 3 - Antioxidant Properties of Water-Soluble Fullerene Derivatives Florian Beuerle, Russell Lebovitz, and Andreas Hirsch; 4 - Fullerenes as Photosensitizers in Photodynamic TherapyPawel Mroz, George P. Tegos, Hariprasad Gali, Timothy Wharton, Tadeusz Sarna, and Michael R. Hamblin; 5 - Photodynamic Inactivation of Enveloped Viruses by Fullerene: Study of Efficacy and Safety Vladimir V. Zarubaev, Oleg Kiselev, Inna Belousova, Vladimir Rylkov, Alexander Slita, Alexey Sirotkin, Pavel Anfimov, Tatyana Muraviova, and Andrey Starodubtsev; 6 - Effects of Photoexcited Fullerene C60-Composites in Normal and Transformed Cells S.V. Prylutska, I.I. Grynyuk, O.P. Matyshevska, A.A. Golub, A.P. Burlaka, Yu.I. Prylutskyy, U. Ritter, and P. Scharff; 7 - Biological Effects in Cell Cultures of Fullerene C60: Dependence on Aggregation StateLevon B. Piotrovsky, Mikhail Yu. Eropkin, Elena M. Eropkina, Marina A. Dumpis, and Oleg I. Kiselev; 8 - Gadolinium Endohedral Metallofullerene-Based MRI Contrast AgentsRobert D. Bolskar; 9 - Biomolecules Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes and Their ApplicationsDaxiang Cui; 10 - Applications of Carbon-Based Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery in OncologyNicole H. Levi-Polyachenko, David L. Carroll, and John H. Stewart, IV; 11 - Visualization of Carbon Nanoparticles Within Cells and Implications for ToxicityAlexandra Porter; 12 - Pharmacological Applications of Biocompatible Carbon Nanotubes and Their Emerging Toxicology IssuesTae-Joon Park, Jeffrey G. Martin, and Robert J. Linhardt; 13 - Solubility of Fullerenes in Fatty Acids Esters: A New Way to Deliver In Vivo Fullerenes. Theoretical Calculations and Experimental Results Franco Cataldo; 14 - New Approach to QSPR Modeling of Fullerene C60 Solubility in Organic Solvents: An Application of SMILES-Based Optimal Descriptors A.A. Toropov, B.F. Rasulev, D. Leszczynska, and J. Leszczynski; 15 - Functionalized Nanomaterials to Sense Toxins/Pollutant Gases Using Perturbed Microwave Resonant CavitiesAman Anand, J.A. Roberts, and J.N. Dahiya; 16 - Cellular Nanotubes: Membrane Channels for Intercellular Communication Raquel Negrao Carvalho and Hans-Hermann Gerdes