Nanomaterials in food and agriculture: an overview on their safety concerns and regulatory issues

A Jain, S Ranjan, N Dasgupta… - Critical reviews in food …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Nanotechnology has seen exponential growth in last decade due to its unique
physicochemical properties; however, the risk associated with this emerging technology has …

Nanomaterials for agriculture, food and environment: applications, toxicity and regulation

A Kaphle, PN Navya, A Umapathi… - Environmental chemistry …, 2018 - Springer
Nanotechnology is expected to have a beneficial influence on agriculture, food and
environment, due to the unique properties of nanomaterials. However, little is known about …

Applications of nanotechnology in agriculture and water quality management

N Dasgupta, S Ranjan, C Ramalingam - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2017 - Springer
Due to their small size and unique physico-chemical characteristics, nanomaterials have
gained importance in the agri-food sector, notably in preservation and packaging. Future …

Nanofertilisers, nanopesticides and nanosensors in agriculture

H Chhipa, P Joshi - Nanoscience in food and agriculture 1, 2016 - Springer
Nanotechnology has potentially promising applications to improve agriculture. Here we
review the application of nanofertilizers, nanopesticides and nanosensors in agriculture …

[HTML][HTML] Essential oil nanoemulsion as eco-friendly and safe preservative: Bioefficacy against microbial food deterioration and toxin secretion, mode of action, and …

A Maurya, VK Singh, S Das, J Prasad, A Kedia… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Microbes are the biggest shareholder for the quantitative and qualitative deterioration of
food commodities at different stages of production, transportation, and storage, along with …

[HTML][HTML] Cytotoxicity study of Piper nigrum seed mediated synthesized SnO2 nanoparticles towards colorectal (HCT116) and lung cancer (A549) cell lines

SK Tammina, BK Mandal, S Ranjan… - Journal of Photochemistry …, 2017 - Elsevier
Different sized tetragonal tin oxide nanoparticles (SnO 2 NPs) were synthesized using Piper
nigrum seed extract at three different calcination temperatures (300, 500, 900° C) and these …

Metallic nanoparticles: green synthesis and spectroscopic characterization

AK Shukla, S Iravani - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2017 - Springer
Metallic nanoparticles are finding new applications in medical, pharmaceutical, food and
agriculture sectors. Applications include drug delivery, targeted cancer remedies, biomarker …

Titanium dioxide nanoparticles induce bacterial membrane rupture by reactive oxygen species generation

S Ranjan, C Ramalingam - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2016 - Springer
Nano-titania is widely used in the food industry due to its efficient antimicrobial activity.
However, the mechanism of microbial toxicity of nano-titania is poorly known. Here, nano …

Nanoparticles, soils, plants and sustainable agriculture

TA Shalaby, Y Bayoumi, N Abdalla, H Taha… - Nanoscience in food …, 2016 - Springer
Humanity faces major challenges involving energy, water, food, environment, poverty,
diseases, education, democracy and population. Green nanotechnology could be a solution …

Nanoparticles based nanosensors: Principles and their applications in active packaging for food quality and safety detection

A Sharma, R Ranjit, N Kumar, M Kumar… - Biochemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent developments in nanotechnology-driven intelligent and active packaging materials
have led to increased safety and contamination recognition in real-time and low cost …