Abstract
Nanotechnology has been explored for its prospective to deliver bioactives in potentially safer concentrations through both passive and active targeting. Inorganic nanomaterials particularly gold nanoparticles find tremendous applications in biomedicine. In this review, common synthesis techniques and biofunctionalization strategies and areas of applications for gold nanoparticles are discussed. Gold nanoparticles can be considered as advanced platforms for combined therapeutic and diagonostic applications due to their unique physicochemical properties including large specific surface area, adaptability to surface modification, biocompatibility and stability. Further they possess photothermal and radiosensitization characteristics. Gold nanoparticles possess unique properties in terms of their use in drug delivery, therapeutic, biodiagonostics and imaging applications.
Keywords: Gold nanoparticles, imaging, photothermal, cancer, drug delivery, targeting.
Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology
Title:Gold Nanoparticles as Carrier(s) for Drug Targeting and Imaging
Volume: 3 Issue: 3
Author(s): Satish Shilpi and Kapil Khatri
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Keywords: Gold nanoparticles, imaging, photothermal, cancer, drug delivery, targeting.
Abstract: Nanotechnology has been explored for its prospective to deliver bioactives in potentially safer concentrations through both passive and active targeting. Inorganic nanomaterials particularly gold nanoparticles find tremendous applications in biomedicine. In this review, common synthesis techniques and biofunctionalization strategies and areas of applications for gold nanoparticles are discussed. Gold nanoparticles can be considered as advanced platforms for combined therapeutic and diagonostic applications due to their unique physicochemical properties including large specific surface area, adaptability to surface modification, biocompatibility and stability. Further they possess photothermal and radiosensitization characteristics. Gold nanoparticles possess unique properties in terms of their use in drug delivery, therapeutic, biodiagonostics and imaging applications.
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Shilpi Satish and Khatri Kapil, Gold Nanoparticles as Carrier(s) for Drug Targeting and Imaging, Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology 2015; 3 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2211738504666151127192830
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2211738504666151127192830 |
Print ISSN 2211-7385 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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