Metal Nanoparticles in Pharma

Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Iron Oxide Magnetic Nanoparticles in Photodynamic Therapy: A Promising Approach Against Tumor Cells  (Amedea B. Seabra)....Pages 3-20
 Nanoparticles in Wound Healing and Regeneration  (Irina A. Shurygina, Michael G. Shurygin)....Pages 21-37
 Silver Nanoparticles for Treatment of Neglected Diseases  (Marcela Durán, Wagner J. Fávaro, German A. Islan, Guillermo R. Castro, Nelson Durán)....Pages 39-51
 Encapsulation and Application of Metal Nanoparticles in Pharma  (Anisha D’Souza, Ranjita Shegokar)....Pages 53-76
 Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Applications of Magnetic Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles  (Kelly J. Dussán, Ellen C. Giese, Gustavo N. A. Vieira, Lionete N. Lima, Debora D. V. Silva)....Pages 77-99
 Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles and Nanotubular Surfaces: Potential Applications in Nanomedicine  (Ana Rosa Ribeiro, Sara Gemini-Piperni, Sofia Afonso Alves, José Mauro Granjeiro, Luís Augusto Rocha)....Pages 101-121
 Inhibition of Bacterial Quorum Sensing Systems by Metal Nanoparticles  (Krystyna I. Wolska, Anna M. Grudniak, Katarzyna Markowska)....Pages 123-138
 A Novel Strategy for Antimicrobial Agents: Silver Nanoparticles  (Heejeong Lee, Dong Gun Lee)....Pages 139-153
 Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles and Their Applications in Drug Delivery  (Lian-Hua Fu, Jun Yang, Jie-Fang Zhu, Ming-Guo Ma)....Pages 155-191
 Magnetic Hyperthermia-Using Magnetic Metal/Oxide Nanoparticles with Potential in Cancer Therapy  (Costica Caizer)....Pages 193-218
 Biocompatible Magnetic Oxide Nanoparticles with Metal Ions Coated with Organic Shell as Potential Therapeutic Agents in Cancer  (Costica Caizer, Alice Sandra Buteica, Ion Mindrila)....Pages 219-256
 Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles in Photoinactivation of Pathogens  (Irena Maliszewska, Katarzyna Popko)....Pages 257-278
 Colloidal Bio-nanoparticles in Polymer Fibers: Current Trends and Future Prospects  (Zuzana Konvičková, Ondrej Laššák, Gabriela Kratošová, Kateřina Škrlová, Veronika Holišová)....Pages 279-294
 Decoration of Inorganic Substrates with Metallic Nanoparticles and Their Application as Antimicrobial Agents  (Marianna Hundáková, Kateřina Dědková, Gražyna Simha Martynková)....Pages 295-336
 Antimicrobial Activities of Metal Nanoparticles  (Adriano Brandelli, Ana Carolina Ritter, Flávio Fonseca Veras)....Pages 337-363
 Gold Nanoparticles in Molecular Diagnostics and Molecular Therapeutics  (Ana S. Matias, Fábio F. Carlos, P. Pedrosa, Alexandra R. Fernandes, Pedro V. Baptista)....Pages 365-387
 Nanometals in Bhasma: Ayurvedic Medicine  (Dilipkumar Pal, Vinod Kumar Gurjar)....Pages 389-415
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 Gold Nanoparticle Biodistribution and Toxicity: Role of Biological Corona in Relation with Nanoparticle Characteristics  (Catherine Carnovale, Gary Bryant, Ravi Shukla, Vipul Bansal)....Pages 419-436
 The Local and Systemic Effects of Cobalt-Chromium Nanoparticles on the Human Body: The Implications for Metal-on-Metal Hip Arthroplasty  (James Drummond, Phong Tran, Camdon Fary)....Pages 437-449
 Biological Synthesis, Pharmacokinetics, and Toxicity of Different Metal Nanoparticles  (Raúl A. Trbojevich, Adriana M. Torres)....Pages 451-468
 Bio-distribution and Toxicity of Noble Metal Nanoparticles in Humans  (Indarchand Gupta, Avinash Ingle, Priti Paralikar, Raksha Pandit, Silvio Silvério da Silva, Mahendra Rai)....Pages 469-482
Back Matter ....Pages 483-493