Volume : VII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

GROWING CONCERNS FOR A SAFE DOSE OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES

Prasanna Shah, Akanksha Raj, Akanksha Singh, Namita Agrawal

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Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) play an important role in nanoscience and nanotechnology, particularly in consumer goods and nanomedicine. Although several noble metals have been used for such purposes, an ever–increasing interest in the study of AgNPs due to its rare and unusual properties resulted in a large number of research publications, highlighting the fact that its applications are numerous and multidimensional.  Many research papers have illustrated the significant benefits and simultaneously the harmful effects of the AgNPs.  Such studies are necessary for the better understanding of the properties of AgNPs and its application in a tailored way which can thereby lead to their proper usage.

            In the present review, we are trying to weave a thread between how usage of higher and optimum dosage can change the multi–functional bio–applications of AgNPs from toxic to beneficial. Today, the AgNP based products are considered a boon due to its antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, anti–inflammatory, anti–angiogenic and anti–cancer activity but the need of this hour is to evaluate a safe dose before its incorporation in the consumer goods. Therefore, the present review deals with the studies related to the impact of different dosage of AgNPs reported in several research publications including ours, considering both in vitro and in vivo studies using model organisms.

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Prasanna Shah, Akanksha Raj, Akanksha Singh, Namita Agrawal, GROWING CONCERNS FOR A SAFE DOSE OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-8 | August-2018

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