Green approaches for the synthesis of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles using microbial and plant extracts

J Jeevanandam, SF Kiew, S Boakye-Ansah, SY Lau… - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Green synthesis approaches are gaining significance as promising routes for the
sustainable preparation of nanoparticles, offering reduced toxicity towards living organisms …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for brain imaging and drug delivery

R Qiao, C Fu, H Forgham, I Javed, X Huang… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Central nervous system (CNS) disorders affect as many as 1.5 billion people globally. The
limited delivery of most imaging and therapeutic agents into the brain is a major challenge …

Green approaches in synthesising nanomaterials for environmental nanobioremediation: Technological advancements, applications, benefits and challenges

SF Ahmed, M Mofijur, N Rafa, AT Chowdhury… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Green synthesis approaches of nanomaterials (NMs) have received considerable attention
in recent years as it addresses the sustainability issues posed by conventional synthesis …

An eco-friendly synthesis of Enterococcus sp.–mediated gold nanoparticle induces cytotoxicity in human colorectal cancer cells

M Vairavel, E Devaraj, R Shanmugam - Environmental Science and …, 2020 - Springer
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have become frequently used materials in biotechnological and
biomedical applications including cancer. They can be commonly synthesized by biological …

Nanoparticle and nanostructure synthesis and controlled growth methods

V Harish, MM Ansari, D Tewari, M Gaur, AB Yadav… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nanomaterials are materials with one or more nanoscale dimensions (internal or
external)(ie, 1 to 100 nm). The nanomaterial shape, size, porosity, surface chemistry, and …

Green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles: A review of the synthesis methodology and mechanism of formation

M Bandeira, M Giovanela, M Roesch-Ely… - Sustainable Chemistry …, 2020 - Elsevier
Zinc oxide is of significant importance for many industries due to its versatile properties,
which have been enhanced with the production of this material in the nanoscale …

Gold nanoparticles: Biosynthesis and potential of biomedical application

EO Mikhailova - Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are extremely promising objects for solving a wide range of
biomedical problems. The gold nanoparticles production by biological method (“green …

Green synthesis of metallic nanoparticles using some selected medicinal plants from southern africa and their biological applications

JA Aboyewa, NRS Sibuyi, M Meyer, OO Oguntibeju - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The application of metallic nanoparticles (MNPs), especially that of silver, gold, cobalt, and
zinc as antimicrobial, anticancer, drug delivery, contrast, and bioimaging agents has …

Potentialities of bioinspired metal and metal oxide nanoparticles in biomedical sciences

KRB Singh, V Nayak, J Singh, AK Singh, RP Singh - RSC advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
To date, various reports have shown that metallic gold bhasma at the nanoscale form was
used as medicine as early as 2500 BC in India, China, and Egypt. Owing to their unique …

Microbial nano-factories: synthesis and biomedical applications

S Ghosh, R Ahmad, M Zeyaullah, SK Khare - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In the recent times, nanomaterials have emerged in the field of biology, medicine,
electronics, and agriculture due to their immense applications. Owing to their nanoscale …