Biocompatibility and cytotoxicity of gold nanoparticles: recent advances in methodologies and regulations

M Kus-Liśkiewicz, P Fickers, I Ben Tahar - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recent advances in the synthesis of metal nanoparticles (MeNPs), and more specifically
gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), have led to tremendous expansion of their potential …

Blue mussels (Mytilus edulis spp.) as sentinel organisms in coastal pollution monitoring: a review

J Beyer, NW Green, S Brooks, IJ Allan, A Ruus… - Marine environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
The blue mussel (Mytilus spp.) is widely used as a bioindicator for monitoring of coastal
water pollution (mussel watch programs). Herein we provide a review of this study field with …

Mussel digestive gland as a model tissue for assessing xenobiotics: an overview

C Faggio, V Tsarpali, S Dailianis - Science of the Total Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Control strategies and routine biomonitoring programs are commonly performed worldwide
using sentinel marine invertebrates, such as mussels of the genus Mytilus, for assessing the …

Gold nanoparticles: synthesis and applications in drug delivery

AK Khan, R Rashid, G Murtaza, A Zahra - Tropical journal of pharmaceutical …, 2014 - ajol.info
This review is focused essentially on the synthesis and applications of gold nanoparticles in
the field of medicine and targeted drug delivery. Nanotechnology has become one of the …

Functionalized gold nanoparticles and their biomedical applications

PM Tiwari, K Vig, VA Dennis, SR Singh - Nanomaterials, 2011 - mdpi.com
Metal nanoparticles are being extensively used in various biomedical applications due to
their small size to volume ratio and extensive thermal stability. Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) …

Erythrocytes as a biological model for screening of xenobiotics toxicity

MR Farag, M Alagawany - Chemico-biological interactions, 2018 - Elsevier
Erythrocytes are the main cells in circulation. They are devoid of internal membrane
structures and easy to be isolated and handled providing a good model for different assays …

Effects of multi-stressors on juveniles of the marine fish Pomatoschistus microps: gold nanoparticles, microplastics and temperature

P Ferreira, E Fonte, ME Soares, F Carvalho… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge on multi-stressors effects required for environmental and human risk
assessments is still limited. This study investigated the combined effects of gold …

Impacts of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles on marine organisms

TJ Baker, CR Tyler, TS Galloway - Environmental pollution, 2014 - Elsevier
Increasing use of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles [Me (O) NPs] in products means
many will inevitably find their way into marine systems. Their likely fate here is sedimentation …

Hydrothermal synthesis of highly fluorescent carbon nanoparticles from sodium citrate and their use for the detection of mercury ions

Y Guo, Z Wang, H Shao, X Jiang - Carbon, 2013 - Elsevier
We have developed a simple, one-step hydrothermal method for the synthesis of highly
fluorescent carbon nanoparticles (F-CNPs) with a high quantum yield (68%) and good …

Smart gold nanostructures for light mediated cancer theranostics: combining optical diagnostics with photothermal therapy

TA Tabish, P Dey, S Mosca, M Salimi… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nanotheranostics, which combines optical multiplexed disease detection with therapeutic
monitoring in a single modality, has the potential to propel the field of nanomedicine toward …