The Biostability of Gold Nanoparticles for Cancer Treatment

Nanotechnology is the latest technology in this century where it has a wide field of healthcare applications. In this research, gold nanoparticles are synthesized by using green method in which the reducing agent is a black seed extract and the stabilizing agent is gum Arabic, where this method is fast, low cost, and eco-friendly, which make it preferable for medical applications such as cancer treatment. The synthesized gold nanoparticles are characterized by using UV-visible spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and x-ray diffraction, and then the biological stability of gold nanoparticles has been monitored for 15 days in the presence of bovine serum albumin, L-histidine, L-cysteine, and normal saline by using UV-visible spectroscopy. This research obtained that synthesized gold nanoparticles are characterized by a high crystalline structure, with suitable size, and stability.
Source: Journal of Clinical Engineering - Category: Medical Devices Tags: FEATURE ARTICLES Source Type: research