Nanotoxicology in medicine

Abstract

With the advancement of use of nanoparticles in the field of medicine in the recent times, its production and formulations have also risen to a steep. However, with the use of a particle as minute as less than the size of 100 nm, the chances of having its adverse effect have also been seen to be the on the rise. The nanoparticles are made to be administered into the human body as a drug-delivery system or mediator, at many instances, to blood or to CNS to deliver drugs for multiple diagnostic purposes, and hence, these nanoparticles have a prospective of effecting functional organs in a dreadful manner along with possible healing purposes, which is why study of its toxicology is very much advantageous and incumbent in order to prevent any of its dreadful effects. Study of toxicology in nanoparticles is termed as nanotoxicology. In this chapter, we will be discussing on nanotoxicology in the field of medicine, its mechanism, and its prevalence in the biological forms.