Environmental Toxicity of Bio- and Nano-Materials
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 September 2022) | Viewed by 331
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental toxicology and pharmacology
Interests: bio-nano materials in pharmaceutical sciences
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The advances made in bio- and nano-material sciences, especially those associated with pharmaceutical applications, have resulted in the generation of new drugs and witnessed tremendous progress in treating diseases. Furthermore, the combination of bio-nano materials and pharmaceutical agents is intended to deliver drugs to the body and beneficially improve the efficacy of medical devices. Although pharmaceutical bio-nano materials offer prospects to develop pharmaceutical products and medical devices to target, diagnose, and treatment of diseases, serious questions remain unanswered about the toxicity of any such bio-nano structures, especially when released into the environment.
In this Special Issue of Molecules (www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules), we intend to invite researchers and authors to submit original research and review articles on toxicological effects of bio-nano materials concerning environmental contamination. This Special Issue addresses the vital issue of toxic effects associated with products containing bio-nano structures on both humans and the environment.
Submissions are welcome in, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Toxicity of theranostic bio-nano structures;
- Mechanisms of toxicity with bio-nano materials used in drug delivery;
- Toxicokinetic or toxicodynamic properties of bio-nano systems and their substances;
- The interactions of bio-nano structures with biological media and the environment;
- Biocompatibility and nanotoxicology in human body and environment;
- Toxicity assessment of bio-nano materials, and in silico toxicity analysis of bio-nano structures;
- Immunotoxicity, genotoxicity, reproductive toxicity, neurotoxicity, nephrotoxicity, and hepatotoxicity of bio-nanostructures concerning environmental contamination;
- The fate of bio-nano structures in the environment;
- Recent advances in the regulatory process for toxicity of bio-nano systems concerning environmental contamination.
Prof. Dr. Mohammad Abdollahi
Dr. Mojtaba Daghighi
Dr. Marzieh Daniali
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bio-nano materials
- pharmaceutical applications
- environmental contamination
- toxicokinetic or toxicodynamic properties
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