Journal
NANOMEDICINE
Volume 10, Issue 15, Pages 2451-2471Publisher
FUTURE MEDICINE LTD
DOI: 10.2217/NNM.15.112
Keywords
anticancer; antimicrobial; biosynthesis; drug delivery; green nanotechnology; nanotoxicity
Funding
- Department of Science and Technology, Government of India through grant of the SERB Fast Track Scheme [SR/FT/LS-145/2011]
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Nanotechnology continues to achieve tremendous awards in therapeutics, but the economical and ecofriendly production of nanoparticles (NPs) is still in infancy, simply due to the nanotoxicity, unprecedented health hazards and scale up issues. Green nanotechnology was introduced in the quest to mitigate such risks by utilizing natural resources as biological tool for NP synthesis. The key advantages offered by green approach include lower capital and operating expenses, reduced environmental impacts, superior biocompatibility and higher stability. In this review, we shed light on the biosynthesis of therapeutic NPs along with their numerous biomedical applications. Toxicity aspects of NPs and the impact of green approach on it, is also discussed briefly.
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