Cancer is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality all over the world. Conventional treatments, such as chemotherapy, are generally expensive, highly toxic and lack efficiency. Cancer chemoprevention using phytochemicals is emerging as a promising approach for the treatment of early carcinogenic processes. (-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) is the major bioactive constituent in g...

Nucleic acids have become a powerful tool in nanotechnology because of their conformational polymorphism. However, lack of a medium in which nucleic acid structures exhibit long-term stability has been a bottleneck. Ionic liquids (ILs) are potential solvents in the nanotechnology field. Hydrated ILs, such as choline dihydrogen phosphate (choline dhp) and deep eutectic solvent (DES) prepared fro...

Utilization of biological materials in synthesis of nanoparticles is one of the hottest topics in modern nanoscience and nanotechnology. In the present investigation, the silver nanoparticles were synthesized by using the leaf and stem extract of Piper nigrum. The synthesized nanoparticle was characterized by UV-vis spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), tran...

Nanomaterials are the leading edge to the rapidly developing nanotechnology. For the synthesis of nanomaterials over a wide range of chemical composition, the development of reliable and efficient methods is a challenging issue in nanotechnology. In context to this green synthesis of nanoparticles using biological systems, plant products and microorganisms are potentially considerable because o...

Misfolding and associated loss of function are common problems in constructing fusion RNA complexes due to changes in energy landscape and the nearest-neighbor principle. Here we report the incorporation and application of the pRNA-3WJ motif of the phi29 DNA packaging motor into fusion RNA with controllable and predictable folding. The motif included three discontinuous ∼18 nucleotide (nt) frag...

Owing to its environment-friendly, biocompatible, non-toxic nature of nanoparticles attained from green plant extract, it has remarkable significance in the field nanotechnology towards effective biomedical application. This work reports synthesis copper oxide by means Cissus quadrangularis and Piper betle via green-synthesis route. The medicinal leaf extracts possessing phytochemicals such as ...

INTRODUCTION Nanotechnology is a recently emerging and rapidly growing field whose dynamics and prospects pose many great challenges not only to scientists and engineers but also to society at large. Since forecasts of nanotech-nology range from the next industrial revolution to severe threats to humanity , nanotechnology has already created enormous social disturbance. While the promises of na...

Objective(s): In recent years, green synthesis of nanoparticles is under exploration due to wide medicine and biological applications and research interest in nanotechnology. Green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) is becoming increasingly importance as eco-friendly. The objectives of this study were the production of zinc oxide nanoparticles using pars...

Objective(s): Today, nanotechnology is growing rapidly due to its high application in science and industry. Particularly in recent years, the synthesis of green nanoparticles has been of great interest with plant extracts. It is a simple, inexpensive and environmentally friendly method. The possibility of synthesizing nanoparticles from vegetable wastes has been investigated in this article. <b...