1. Applications of natural product-derived carbon dots in cancer biology
- Author
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Alakh N Sahu, Arun Kumar Balasubramaniam, Gaurav Gopal Naik, and Jainam Shah
- Subjects
Biological Products ,Natural product ,Computer science ,Biomedical Engineering ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,Bioengineering ,Nanotechnology ,02 engineering and technology ,Development ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,Carbon ,0104 chemical sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Neoplasms ,Quantum Dots ,Drug delivery ,Humans ,General Materials Science ,Cancer biology ,0210 nano-technology ,Biology - Abstract
Natural products have contributed conspicuously to the development of innovative nanomedicines. Hence, the interface between nanomaterial science and plant natural products may bestow comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for tackling diseases such as cancer and neurological disorders. Natural product-derived carbon dots (NPdCDs) have revealed noteworthy attributes in the fields of cancer theranostics, microbial imaging, drug sensing and drug delivery. As plants consist of a cocktail of bioactive phytomolecules, the NPdCDs can be anticipated to have medicinal properties, biocompatibility, photo-stability and easy functionalization. NPdCDs have wide-ranging applications. The primary objective of this review is to comment on recent developments in the use of NPdCDs, with special reference to their application in cancer biology. The future of the use of NPdCDs has also been considered.
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- 2021