title: Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles: an approach to overcome toxicity.
abstract: Nanotechnology, with its advent, has made deep inroads into therapeutics. It has revolutionized conventional approaches in drug designing and delivery systems by creating a large array of nanoparticles that can pass even through relatively impermeable membranes such as blood brain barrier. Like the two sides of a coin, nanotechnology too has its own share of disadvantages which in this scenario is the toxicology of these nanoparticles. Numerous studies have discussed the toxicity of various nanoparticles and the recent advancements done in the field of nanotechnology is to make it less toxic. "Green synthesis" of nanoparticles is one such approach. The review summarizes the toxicity associated with the nanoparticles and the advancement of "green" nanomaterials to resolve the toxicity issues.
authors: Department of Biotechnology, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, A-10, Sector-62, Noida 201307, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors: Nidhija
authors: N
authors: Roy
authors: Archana
authors: A
authors: Gaur
authors: Aditi
authors: A
authors: Jain
authors: Susinjan
authors: S
authors: Bhattacharya
authors: Vibha
authors: V
authors: Rani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D055772:Green Chemistry Technology / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000633:toxicity*; D018030:Silver Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D018030:Silver Compounds
keywords: Green synthesis; Nanoparticle toxicity; Nanotechnology; Silver nanoparticles; Toxicology