Fullerenes and nanotubes are two courses of carbon constructions or allotropes, which had been found about 17 years ago. Since that point, many chemical derivatives have been synthesized using fullerenes and nanotubes as constructing blocks. Significantly promising was the theory that the chemical properties of fullerenes, and certain derivatives, made them probably candidates for anticancer drugs, inhibitors of viruses akin to HIV, and even as anti-bacterials. Their cyctotoxicity can be controlled by specific circumstances. In addition, the funtionalization of nanotubes has not solely produced relatively simple derivatives, but also complicated hybrids with biological macromolecules, which present distinctive supramolecular architecture and which are promising in many medical applications. The appliance of fullerenes and nanotubes in medication is on the frontier of our knowledge, thus the work in this field represents the premise for future novel developments.
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