Nanotechnology is the application of science to control matter at the molecular level. It has become one of the most promising applied technologies in all areas of science. Nanoparticles have multi-functional properties and have created very interesting applications in various fields such as medicine, nutrition, bioenergy, agriculture and the environment. But the biogenic syntheses of monodispersed nanoparticles with specific sizes and shapes have been a challenge in biomaterial science. Nanoparticles are of great interest due to their extremely small size and large surface-to-volume ratio, which lead to both chemical and physical differences in their properties (e.g., mechanical properties, biological and sterical properties, catalytic activity, thermal and electrical conductivity, optical absorption and melting point) compared to bulk of the same chemical composition. Recently, however, synthesizing metal nanoparticles using green technology via microorganisms, plants, viruses, and so on, has been extensively studied and has become recognized as a green and efficient way for further exploiting biological systems as convenient nanofactories. Thus the biological synthesis of nanoparticles is increasingly regarded as a rapid, ecofriendly, and easily scaled-up technology. Today researchers are developing new techniques and materials using nanotechnology that may be suitable for plants to boost their native functions. Recently, biological nanoparticles were found to be more pharmacologically active than physico-chemically synthesized nanoparticles. Various applications of biosynthesized nanoparticles have been discovered, especially in the field of biomedical research, such as applications to specific delivery of drugs, use for tumor detection, angiogenesis, genetic disease and genetic disorder diagnosis, photoimaging, and photothermal therapy. Further, iron oxide nanoparticles have been applied to cancer therapy,hyperthermia, drug delivery, tissue repair, cell labeling, targeting and immunoassays, detoxification of biological fluids, magnetic resonance imaging, and magnetically responsive drug delivery therapy. Nanoparticle synthesis for plant byproducts for biomedical applications has vast potential. This book offers researchers in plant science and biomedicine the latest research and opportunity to develop new tools for the synthesis of environmentally friendly and cost-effective nanoparticles for applications in biomedicine as well as other various fields.

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Jayanta KumarAssistant ProfessorResearch Institute of Biotechnology and Medical Converged ScienceDongguk UniversityRepublic of Korea
Leonardo Fernandes FracetoProfessorSão Paulo State University (UNESP)
Institute of Science and Technology of Sorocaba
Brazil
Gitishree DasAssistant ProfessorResearch Institute of Biotechnology and Medical Converged ScienceDongguk UniversityRepublic of Korea
Estefânia Vangelie Ramos Campos
São Paulo State University (UNESP)
Institute of Science and Technology of Sorocaba
Brazil

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Preface1. Biomedical applications of stimuli responsive hydrogels Dr.Daniele Ribeiro de Araújo Federal University of ABC, Brazil2. Nanosystem for local anesthetics: A review of patents and commercial products - Dr.Eneida de Paula and Dr.Ligia Nunes State University of Campinas, Brazil3. Application of biosynthesized metal-based nanoparticles - Dr.Naba Kumar Mondal - University of Burdwan, India4. Green nanotechnology and applications: Challenges and perspective - Dr.Vera Alejandra Alvarez Universidad Nacional de Mar de Plata, Argentina5. Topical delivery of drugs for skin diseases treatment: Prospects and promises - Dr.Sarah Hedtrich University British Columbia, Canada. 6. Challenges in nanobiosensors for biosciences applications - Dr.Viviana Scognamiglio - Italian National Research Council, Italy 7. Anti-cancer nanomaterials: Current status and future perspectives - Katarina Kralova - Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, and Josef Jampilek - Palacky Universit, Czech Republic8. Evaluation of the safety of nanomaterials in medical applications: Are we doing enough? - Daiana Avila Federal University of PAMPA, Brazil9. Green Synthesis of nanoparticles by mangrove plant and its biomedical application - Bhawana Pathak and Ruchi Rathod - Central University of Gujarat, India10. Biological synthesis of nanoparticles and their applications JK Patra and Spiros Paramithiotis Dongguk University, South Korea, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece11. Nanoparticles in biomedical applications Rout George Kerry and Gitishree Das Utkal University, India and Dongguk University, South Korea12. Nanoparticles and its application in DNA technology UK Subudhi IMMT Bhubaneswar, India13. Nanotoxicology in Plants Anjan K Pradhan Virginia Commonwealth University, USA14. Nanoparticles on Phytosynthesis of plants: effects and role - Alok Das Mohapatra -Brown University, USA15. Carbon nanotubes as plant growth regulators: future prospects CN Bishnuprasad TransDisciplinary University, IndiaIndex