Exploring the journey of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) toward biomedical applications

F Islam, S Shohag, MJ Uddin, MR Islam, MH Nafady… - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
The field of nanotechnology is concerned with the creation and application of materials
having a nanoscale spatial dimensioning. Having a considerable surface area to volume …

Understanding nanoparticle endocytosis to improve targeting strategies in nanomedicine

MS de Almeida, E Susnik, B Drasler… - Chemical society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanoparticles (NPs) have attracted considerable attention in various fields, such as
cosmetics, the food industry, material design, and nanomedicine. In particular, the fast …

Human and environmental impacts of nanoparticles: a scoping review of the current literature

EA Kumah, RD Fopa, S Harati, P Boadu, FV Zohoori… - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Use of nanoparticles have established benefits in a wide range of applications, however, the
effects of exposure to nanoparticles on health and the environmental risks associated with …

Reactive oxygen species-related nanoparticle toxicity in the biomedical field

Z Yu, Q Li, J Wang, Y Yu, Y Wang, Q Zhou… - Nanoscale research …, 2020 - Springer
The unique physicochemical characteristics of nanoparticles have recently gained
increasing attention in a diverse set of applications, particularly in the biomedical field …

Zinc oxide nanoparticles: Biological synthesis and biomedical applications

H Mirzaei, M Darroudi - Ceramics International, 2017 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology is termed as a result of the synthesis, characterization, exploration, and
application of nano-sized materials in the event of science and technology. In recent years …

Toxicity of rare earth elements: An overview on human health impact

AA Brouziotis, A Giarra, G Libralato… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Rare earth elements (REEs) are metals including the 15 lanthanides together with Yttrium
and Scandium. China is the leading country in their exploitation and production (∼ 90%) …

The toxic effects and mechanisms of CuO and ZnO nanoparticles

YN Chang, M Zhang, L Xia, J Zhang, G Xing - Materials, 2012 - mdpi.com
Recent nanotechnological advances suggest that metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) have
been expected to be used in various fields, ranging from catalysis and opto-electronic …

Solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN) and nanostructured lipid carriers (NLC) for pulmonary application: a review of the state of the art

S Weber, A Zimmer, J Pardeike - European Journal of Pharmaceutics and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Drug delivery by inhalation is a noninvasive means of administration that has following
advantages for local treatment for airway diseases: reaching the epithelium directly …

Mechanisms of genotoxicity. A review of in vitro and in vivo studies with engineered nanoparticles

Z Magdolenova, A Collins, A Kumar, A Dhawan… - …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Engineered nanoparticles (NPs) are widely used in different technologies but their unique
properties might also cause adverse health effects. In reviewing recent in vitro and in vivo …

Zinc oxide nanoparticles selectively induce apoptosis in human cancer cells through reactive oxygen species

MJ Akhtar, M Ahamed, S Kumar… - International journal …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Background Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) have received much attention for their
implications in cancer therapy. It has been reported that ZnO NPs induce selective killing of …