Conventional synthesis and applications of Nanoparticles
Sayyed I.U.
Department of Botany, Poona College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Camp. Pune-411001 (India)
ABSTRACT
Recent advances in nanotechnology have offered wide new opportunities in medicine for the diagnosis and therapy of various diseases. Recent progress has made possible the engineering of nanoparticles to allow the site-specific delivery of drugs and to improve the pharmacokinetic profile of potent anticancer molecules with biomedical applications in treating cancer. Some of these drugs are generally ineffective when taken orally and also very toxic. Strategies with polysaccharide-based nanoparticles (polymeric nanoparticles) entrapping drugs can address these problems. This review covers some of the historical and recent advances in nanotechnology and concludes that polymeric nanoparticles show great promise as a tool for the development of drug delivery systems for potent anticancer drugs. The application of nanotechnology in different fields will comply with the need of human beings.