Chitosan-coated triangular silver nanoparticles as a novel class of biocompatible, highly effective photothermal transducers for in vitro cancer cell therapy

Microwave-assisted green synthesis of silver nanoparticles from Fraxinus excelsior leaf extract and its antioxidant assay

“…They possess an excellent biocompatibility and low toxicity (Pauksch et al 2014). Silver nanoparticles have been documented in the field of biomedical (Chaloupka et al 2010), drug delivery (Prow et al 2011), food industries (Chaudhry and Castle 2011), agriculture (Nair et al 2010), textile industries (Kelly and Johnston 2011), water treatment (Dankovich and Gray 2011), antioxidant (Niraimathi et al 2013), antimicrobial (Sankar et al 2013), anti-cancer (Boca et al 2011), cosmetics (Jain et al 2009), ointments (Murphy 2008) and larvicides (Roopan et al 2013).…”

The Combination of Laser Therapy and Metal Nanoparticles in Cancer Treatment Originated From Epithelial Tissues: A Literature Review

“…65 When tested on living cells, they were captivatingly shown to have dual activity, inhibiting the growth and the division of tumour cells and their nuclei, while being biocompatible for the healthy ones. 66,67 Further recent results exemplify that silver nanoparticles with different sizes could enhance magnetic induced thermo-sensitivity of glioma cells depending on their size.…”

“…The results revealed a novel class of biocompatible plasmonic nanoparticles with high potential to be implemented as effective phototherapeutic agent in the battle against cancer. 65 As these studies (Table 3) show, silver nanoparticles are effective in cancer therapy.…”

“…These nanoparticles powerfully absorb laser light, are nontoxic, easily conjugates with proteins and antibodies, and have tunable optical properties. 3 Two studies focused their investigations only on silver nanoparticles 65,70 that were also effective in cancer therapy, but no study compared gold only and silver only nanoparticles with each other. Two studies investigated the combination of gold and silver as a unit agent, 71,72 which showed better performance than gold alone.…”

Infrared light-absorbing gold/gold sulfide nanoparticles induce cell death in esophageal adenocarcinoma

“…The concept of using the combination of a light source and nanoparticles to ablate cancerous tissue without damaging healthy tissue could have a competitive advantage when compared with the current therapeutic strategies for esophageal adenocarcinoma. 9 Recently, strategies for cancer treatment using polymeric nanoparticles have been developed. Polymeric nanoparticles, which are solid colloidal particles smaller than 1000 nm, can be classified into two main subgroups, ie, nanospheres and nanocapsules.…”