Recent advances in plant-mediated engineered gold nanoparticles and their application in biological system

Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2017, Pages 10-23

  Siddiqi, Khwaja Salahuddin ^a   Husen, Azamal ^b  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Gold nanoparticles; Green synthesis; Plant extract; Reaction mechanism

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALOID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONOID; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SUGAR; TERPENOID; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOSENSOR; CATALYST; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FLOWER COLOR; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOANALYSIS; NANOENGINEERING; NANOFABRICATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PHOTON CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZETA POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PLANT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CATALYSIS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GOLD; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NEOPLASMS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS;

EID: 84999143803     PISSN: 0946672X     EISSN: 18783252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2016.11.012     Document Type: Review

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