Facile synthesis of highly uniform selenium nanoparticles using glucose as the reductant and surface decorator to induce cancer cell apoptosis

• DOI: 10.1039/c5tb02710a
• Publication Date: 2016-01-01
• Authors: Tianfeng Chen; Tianqi Nie; Keith Kwong Hon Wong; Hualian Wu; Ka-Hing Wong
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences; 3. Good health

Herein, we demonstrated a new and facial synthesis of highly uniformed SeNPs using glucose as the reductant and surface decorator. Glu–SeNPs induced cancer cell apoptosisviainduction of apoptosis by triggering intracellular ROS overproduction and mitochondrial dysfunction.