Metal-Based Nanoparticles for Infectious Diseases and Therapeutics

Title

Metal-Based Nanoparticles for Infectious Diseases and Therapeutics

Creator

Baby E.K.; Reji C.; Nidhin M.

Description

Infectious diseases that are easily transmitted by microorganisms like bacteria, protozoa, fungus, etc. are a menace to humans. The greatest threat to human race is to mitigate the impact of these diseases. People with less immunity and children are prone to these diseases. Even healthy people get infected due to its easy transmission. Microorganisms causing these diseases are becoming more resistant to the drugs that are available in the market. So, there is a need to find new therapeutic which is facile, sensitive, and selective, is an important challenge for the medical field and this is where nanotechnology is having a greater chance. Nanoparticles especially metal-based nanoparticles have the ability to act against infectious and non-infectious diseases, this is because of their unique properties like small size, high surface area, etc. They do not have a specific binding site on the bacterial cell, which lead to the failure of bacterial resistant towards the nanoparticle mechanism. There are many nanoparticles which are efficient against particular diseases. In this review we are discussing about the advanced nanomaterials as therapeutics for infectious diseases. We have also discussed about antiviral activities which gives us a ray of hope for the solution of the SARS-COV-2. The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022.

Source

Nanotechnology for Infectious Diseases, pp. 103-124.

Date

2022-01-01

Publisher

Springer Nature

Subject

Antimicrobial activity; Capping agents; Doping; Infectious diseases; Metal-based nanoparticles; Nanomaterials; Peptidoglycan layer; Reactive oxygen species

Coverage

Baby E.K., Department of Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India; Reji C., Department of Chemistry, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, India; Nidhin M., Department of Chemistry, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISBN: 978-981169190-4; 978-981169189-8

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Book chapter

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9190-4_5

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