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Berberine-based carbon dots for selective and safe cancer theranostics

Abstract

Fluorescent berberine-based carbon dots (Ber–CDs) were prepared through a facile synthesis strategy. Ber–CDs exhibited excellent optical properties for bioimaging and retained the biofunctions of berberine, and enabled selective and safe anti-tumor performance, demonstrating their promising application potential in cancer theranostics.

Graphical abstract: Berberine-based carbon dots for selective and safe cancer theranostics

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
02 Nov 2017
Accepted
18 Dec 2017
First published
03 Jan 2018
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2018,8, 1168-1173

Berberine-based carbon dots for selective and safe cancer theranostics

F. Zhang, M. Zhang, X. Zheng, S. Tao, Z. Zhang, M. Sun, Y. Song, J. Zhang, D. Shao, K. He, J. Li, B. Yang and L. Chen, RSC Adv., 2018, 8, 1168 DOI: 10.1039/C7RA12069A

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