
Gold Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery
- 1st Edition - November 29, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Prashant Kesharwani
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 0 6 1 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 0 6 2 - 9
Gold Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery discusses the synthesis and characterization of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), presenting an historical introduction to the developments in the ar… Read more
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Gold Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery discusses the synthesis and characterization of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), presenting an historical introduction to the developments in the area, discussing methods and characterization parameters, covering targeted delivery strategies, treatment of cancer, CNS conditions, infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS infection, wound healing and tissue regeneration, dentistry, gene delivery, and its photo properties used in diagnostic and therapies, and finally presenting regulatory aspects such as theranostic applications, vaccine development, toxicity, and the translation of research to marketable products.
This book is a complete reference for researchers in nanotechnology drug delivery and pharmaceutical disciplines. Researchers in pharmaceutical industries, especially those involved in the use of gold nanoparticles in the field of drug delivery, diagnosis, targeted and early therapies will also benefit from this book.
- Covers gold nanoparticles' characterization and synthesis techniques related to drug delivery
- Focuses on targeting strategies using gold nanoparticles for efficient drug delivery
- Provides a consolidated overview of applications of gold nanoparticles for drug delivery to several systems and conditions
Part A: Synthesis and characterization of gold nanoparticles for drug delivery
1. History, introduction, and physiochemical properties of gold nanoparticles
Kishan Prakash, K.R. Manu, Smruti Rekha Rout, Waleed H. Almalki, Neelima Gupta, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Prashant Kesharwani and Rambabu Dandela
2. Green synthesis and characterization parameters of gold nanoparticles
N. González-Ballesteros, R. Rey-Méndez and M.C. Rodríguez-Argüelles
3. Cellular interactions and design principles of glyco-gold nanoparticles for drug delivery applications
Omer Akturk and Bengi Yilmaz
Part B: Application of gold nanoparticles in drug delivery
4. Targeting strategies using gold nanoparticles for efficient drug delivery
Nial J. Wheate
5. Gold nanoparticles for delivery of nucleic acid constructs for cancer treatment
Linh B. Truong, David Medina-Cruz and Ebrahim Mostafavi
6. Theranostic gold nanoparticle-assisted tumor radiosensitization and imaging
Daiki Hara, Ryder Schmidt, Wensi Tao, Yupin Yang, Nesrin Dogan, Sylvia Daunert, Alan Polack, John Chetley Ford and Junwei Shi
7. Gold nanoparticles for treatment of inflammatory diseases
Olusola Bolaji Adewale, Scholastica Onyebuchi Anadozie, Hajierah Davids and Saartjie Roux
8. The use of gold nanoparticles in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases
Gustavo De Bem Silveira, Laura De Roch Casagrande, Ligia Milanez Venturini, Jade De Oliveira and Paulo Cesar Lock Silveira
9. Gold nanoparticles for treatment of cerebral diseases
Fawad Ur Rehman, Fizza Iftikhar, Chunqiu Zhao, Zahra Sajid and Rida e Maria Qazi
10. Gold nanoparticles for treatment of infectious diseases
Italo Rennan Sousa Vieira, Leticia Tessaro and Carlos Adam Conte-Junior
11. Gold nanoparticles as a recent nanocarrier against HIV/AIDS
K.R. Manu, K.G. Abishek, Smruti Rekha Rout, Waleed H. Almalki, Harlokesh Narayan Yadav, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Prashant Kesharwani and Rambabu Dandela
12. Gold nanoparticles in tissue engineering and regeneration
Muthupandian Saravanan, Pradeep Kumar Yadalam, Raghavendra Vamsi Anegundi, Ramya Ramadoss, Indhu Krishnamurthi and Deepavalli
13. Applications of gold nanoparticle in regenerative medicine
Hossein Naderi-Manesh and Hadi Hashemzadeh
14. Gold nanoparticles in photodynamic and photothermal therapy
Maha Fadel and Abdullah Ibrahim El-Kholy
15. Polymeric gold nanoparticles for gene therapy
Vineet Kumar Mishra and Marya Ahmed
Part C: Recent advances and regulatory aspects of gold nanoparticles
16. Hybrid gold nanoparticles as advanced drug delivery and theranostics application
Zahra Khoshbin, Hamed Zahraee, Khalil Abnous and Seyed Mohammad Taghdisi
17. Application of gold nanoparticles in vaccine development
Susan Farfán-Castro, Mariano J. García-Soto, Angélica Aguilar-Aguilar, Omar González-Ortega and Sergio Rosales-Mendoza
18. Clinical translation of gold nanoparticles: obstacles and perspectives
Mohammad Souri and M. Soltani
19. Conclusion and future perspective of gold nanoparticles
Gurleen Kaur, Jyotisman Rath, Smruti Rekha Rout, Waleed H. Almalki, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Mohammad Sarwar Alam, Prashant Kesharwani and Rambabu Dandela
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 29, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
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Prashant Kesharwani
Dr. Prashant Kesharwani is assistant professor of Pharmaceutics at Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India. He has more than 12 years of teaching, research, and industrial experience at international levels from various countries, including the United States, Malaysia, and India. An overarching goal of his current research is the development of nanoengineered drug delivery systems for various diseases. He has more than 350 international publications in well-reputed journals and more than 25 international books (Elsevier). He is a recipient of many research grants from various funding bodies. He is also the recipient of several internationally acclaimed awards, such as “USERN Laureate award”, most prestigious “SERB-Ramanujan Fellowship Award”. He actively participates in outreach and scientific dissemination for the service of the wider community. His Number of citations is = 26779; h-index = 85; i-10 index = 370 (According to google scholar on March 2025). He has more than 30 international publications published in very high impact factor journals (Progress in Polymer Sciences IF 32.063, Molecular Sciences IF 41.444, Progress in Material Sciences IF 48.580, Advanced Materials IF 29.4, Drug Resistance Update IF 22.841 and Material Todays IF 32.072). He has presented many invited talks and oral presentations at prestigious scientific peer-conferences, received international acclaims and awards for research contribution, supervised students/junior researchers and actively participated in outreach and scientific dissemination for the service of the wider community.