Table of Contents
List of Contributors vii
Preface xi
1 Nanotechnology: A New Era in the Revolution of Drug Delivery, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Diseases 1Avinash P. Ingle, Patrycja Golińska, Alka Yadav, Mehdi Razzaghi-Abyaneh, Mrunali Patel, Rashmin Patel, Yulia Plekhanova, Anatoly Reshetilov, and Mahendra Rai
2 Selenium Nanocomposites in Diagnosis, Drug Delivery, and Treatment 25Irina A. Shurygina and Michael G. Shurygin
3 Emerging Applications of Nanomaterials in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastrointestinal Disorders 47Patrycja Golińska and Magdalena Wypij
4 Nanotheranostics: Novel Materials for Targeted Therapy and Diagnosis 63Sougata Ghosh and Rohini Kitture
5 Aptamer-Incorporated Nanoparticle Systems for Drug Delivery 95Fahimeh Charbgoo, Seyed Mohammad Taghdisi, Rezvan Yazdian-Robati, Khalil Abnous, Mohammad Ramezani, and Mona Alibolandi
6 Application of Nanotechnology in Transdermal Drug Delivery 113Dilesh Jagdish Singhavi and Shagufta Khan
7 Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery in Cancer Therapeutics 129Dipak Maity, Atul Sudame, and Ganeshlenin Kandasamy
8 Virus-Like Nanoparticle-Mediated Delivery of Cancer Therapeutics 153Yasser Shahzad, Abid Mehmood Yousaf, Talib Hussain, and Syed A.A. Rizvi
9 Magnetic Nanoparticles: An Emergent Platform for Future Cancer Theranostics 171Parinaz Nezhad-Mokhtari, Fatemeh Salahpour-Anarjan, Armin Rezanezhad, and Abolfazl Akbarzadeh
10 Chitosan Nanoparticles: A Novel Antimicrobial Agent 197Divya Koilparambil, Sherin Varghese, and Jisha Manakulam Shaikmoideen
11 Sulfur Nanoparticles: Biosynthesis, Antibacterial Applications, and Their Mechanism of Action 217Priti Paralikar and Mahendra Rai
12 Role of Nanotechnology in the Management of Indoor Fungi 229Erasmo Gámez-Espinosa, Leyanet Barberia-Roque, and Natalia Bellotti
13 Nanotechnology for Antifungal Therapy 259Jacqueline Teixeira da Silva and Andre Correa Amaral
14 Chitosan Conjugate of Biogenic Silver Nanoparticles: A Promising Drug Formulation with Antimicrobial and Anticancer Activities 273Smitha Vijayan and Jisha Manakulam Shaikmoideen
15 Leishmaniasis: Where Infection and Nanoparticles Meet 295Mohammad Imani and Azam Dehghan
16 Theranostics and Vaccines: Current Status and Future Expectations 359Thais Francine Ribeiro Alves, Fernando Batain, Cecília Torqueti de Barros, Kessie Marie Moura Crescencio, Venâncio Alves do Amaral, Mariana Silveira de Alcântara Chaud, Décio Luís Portella, and Marco Vinícius Chaud
17 Toxicological Concerns of Nanomaterials Used in Biomedical Applications 375Avinash P. Ingle, Indarchand Gupta, and Mahendra Rai
Index 399