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Review
. 2018 Aug 1:2018:3569758.
doi: 10.1155/2018/3569758. eCollection 2018.

A Review on Green Synthesis, Biomedical Applications, and Toxicity Studies of ZnO NPs

V N Kalpana  1 , V Devi Rajeswari  1
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A Review on Green Synthesis, Biomedical Applications, and Toxicity Studies of ZnO NPs

V N Kalpana et al. Bioinorg Chem Appl. .

Abstract

The advance of reliable and eco-friendly strategies for the development of nanoparticles is a fundamental key to the discipline of nanotechnology. Nanoparticles have been continuously evaluated and have been used in many industrial applications for a decade. In particular, the role of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) has received a great interest because of various properties such as UV filter properties and photochemical, antifungal, high catalyst, and antimicrobial activities. Because of the high rate of poisonous chemicals and the extreme surroundings used within the chemical and physical methods, the green techniques have been adopted using plants, fungi, bacteria, and algae for the synthesis of nanoparticles. Therefore, this paper considers various green synthesis methods to provide the evidence of ZnO NP role to several applications, and in addition, biomedical applications and toxic effect were reviewed. Therefore, the paper used various secondary sources to collect the relevant review articles. From the findings, the green route of synthesis is rather safe and eco-friendly when compared to physical and chemical means of synthesis. On the other hand, its biomedical applications in this sector are increased day by day in various processes including bioimaging, drug delivery, biosensors, and gene delivery. With respect to its toxicity properties, ZnO NPs can act as smart weapons against multiple drug-resistant microorganisms and as a talented substitute for antibiotics.

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Plant-mediated biosynthesis of ZnO NPs.
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