Progress on carbon dots research and its application prospect in Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Carbon dots are an emerging nanomaterial with excellent fluorescent properties. Compared with traditional organic dyes and semiconductor quantum dots, carbon dots possess advantages of low toxicity and good biocompatibility. At present, carbon dots are widely used in many fields such as analytical detection, fluorescence imaging and drug delivery. Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum, a rare mammalian organ with ability of full regeneration, has been used as famous traditional Chinese medicine. The biological functions and efficacy of Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum are closely related to their chemical constituents. In this paper, we briefly reviewed the progress of carbon dots research in fluorescence detection, fluorescence imaging and phototherapy, carried out the bioimaging and cell cytotoxicity test by carbon dots, and discussed the feasibility of carbon dots in biological features and chemical composition analysis of Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum.