Carbon nanoparticles neutralize carbon dioxide (CO) in cytotoxicity: Potent carbon emission induced resistance to anticancer nanomedicine and antibiotics.

Excessive carbon emissions, especially CO release, have been a global concern. Few studies applied nanotechnology to relieve the ecotoxicity of CO. Here, we applied carbon dots (CDs) to neutralize the CO.

Generation of particle assemblies mimicking enzymatic activity by processing of herbal food: the case of rhizoma polygonati and other natural ingredients in traditional Chinese medicine.

Processed herbs have been widely used in eastern and western medicine; however, the mechanism of their medicinal effects has not yet been revealed. It is commonly believed that a central role is played by chemically active molecules produced by the herbs' metabolism. In this work, processed rhizoma polygonati (RP) and other herbal foods are shown to exhibit intrinsic phosphatase-like (PL) activity bounded with the formation of nano-size flower-shaped assembly.