Recent advances in zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) for cancer diagnosis, target drug delivery, and treatment

S Anjum, M Hashim, SA Malik, M Khan, JM Lorenzo… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Despite breakthroughs in medicine, cancer remains one of the most feared
diseases. Traditionally, chemotherapies have been the treatment of choice. However …

Green metallic nanoparticles: biosynthesis to applications

H Chopra, S Bibi, I Singh, MM Hasan… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Current advancements in nanotechnology and nanoscience have resulted in new
nanomaterials, which may pose health and environmental risks. Furthermore, several …

Recent aspects of the effects of zinc on human health

CT Chasapis, PSA Ntoupa, CA Spiliopoulou… - Archives of …, 2020 - Springer
Zinc (Zn) is one of the most important essential nutrients of great public health significance. It
is involved in numerous biological functions and it is considered as a multipurpose trace …

The advancing of zinc oxide nanoparticles for biomedical applications

J Jiang, J Pi, J Cai - Bioinorganic chemistry and applications, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) are used in an increasing number of industrial products
such as rubber, paint, coating, and cosmetics. In the past two decades, ZnO NPs have …

Zinc oxide-quercetin nanocomposite as a smart nano-drug delivery system: Molecular-level interaction studies

P Sathishkumar, Z Li, R Govindan, R Jayakumar… - Applied Surface …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, zinc oxide-quercetin (ZnO-quercetin) nanocomposite was constructed as smart
nano-drug delivery system. The amount of quercetin loaded onto the ZnO nanoparticle was …

[HTML][HTML] pH-responsive and targeted delivery of curcumin via phenylboronic acid-functionalized ZnO nanoparticles for breast cancer therapy

M Kundu, P Sadhukhan, N Ghosh, S Chatterjee… - Journal of advanced …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanoparticle-mediated targeted delivery of bioactive natural compounds has recently been
gaining much interest for breast cancer therapy. Herein, phenyl boronic acid (PBA) …

Recent advances in nanomaterials-based targeted drug delivery for preclinical cancer diagnosis and therapeutics

H Tiwari, N Rai, S Singh, P Gupta, A Verma, AK Singh… - Bioengineering, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nano-oncology is a branch of biomedical research and engineering that focuses on using
nanotechnology in cancer diagnosis and treatment. Nanomaterials are extensively …

Anticancer, anti-diabetic, antimicrobial activity of zinc oxide nanoparticles: A comparative analysis

S Chandrasekaran, S Anusuya… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
An ecological synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles through a green path from plant leaves
extracts have well-known a wind range of application in the field of modern science due to …

Curcumin nanoformulations with metal oxide nanomaterials for biomedical applications

AM Beyene, M Moniruzzaman, A Karthikeyan, T Min - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the past few decades, curcumin, a natural polyphenolic phytochemical, has been studied
for treating a wide variety of diseases. It has shown promising results as a potential curative …

Preparation of nano-composites based on curcumin/chitosan-PVA-alginate to improve stability, antioxidant, antibacterial and anticancer activity of curcumin

A Rezagholizade-shirvan, MF Najafi, H Behmadi… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Curcumin (Cur) has been extensively used as an alternative therapeutic agent for various
diseases, including cancer, because of its anti-cancer and antioxidant properties. In this …