Toxicological effects of silver nanoparticles

Jacob Joe Antony; Periyasamy Sivalingam; Baoan Chen

doi:10.1016/j.etap.2015.09.003

Toxicological effects of silver nanoparticles

Environ Toxicol Pharmacol. 2015 Nov;40(3):729-32. doi: 10.1016/j.etap.2015.09.003. Epub 2015 Sep 11.

Authors

Jacob Joe Antony¹, Periyasamy Sivalingam², Baoan Chen³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 24, Tamil Nadu, India.
² Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 24, Tamil Nadu, India.
³ Department of Hematology and Oncology, Key Department of Jiangsu Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: cba8888@hotmail.com.

PMID: 26425943
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2015.09.003

Abstract

Nanotechnology offers numerous biomedical applications and in so doing, exerts toxic effects. AgNPs, one of the metallic nanoparticles is known for its antibacterial applications and hence exposed to human through various healthcare products. Analysis of its toxic effects is necessary before its appliance into the biomedical field. Hence, this mini-review focuses on toxic effects of AgNPs related to human and his environment in vitro and in vivo.

Keywords: AgNPs; Biomedical; Healthcare; In vitro; In vivo; Toxic.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents / toxicity
Humans
In Vitro Techniques
Metal Nanoparticles / toxicity*
Nanomedicine / methods
Particle Size
Silver / toxicity*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Silver