Marine-Derived Bioactive Nanoparticles and Their Biological Application
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 6424
Special Issue Editors
Interests: antibiofilm drugs; antivirulence drugs; secondary metabolites; microbial pathogenesis; synthesis of nanocomposites; natural antimicrobial products
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: antibiofilm drugs; antivirulence drugs; secondary metabolites; microbial pathogenesis; synthesis of nanocomposites; natural antimicrobial products
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The growing interest in nanomedicine and its applications for various biological activities necessitates the search for raw materials to formulate nanomaterials. The use of green chemistry in the synthesis of nanoparticles, such as metal and metal oxide nanoparticles, has gained significant interest. Plankton, algae, fungi, bacteria, invertebrates, fish, and marine mammals, among others, are rich sources of bioactive compounds that have a promising future in the pharmaceutical and biotechnological industries. Due to their ease of availability, low cost of production, biocompatibility, and minimal cytotoxicity towards eukaryotic cells, marine-derived materials, either entire extracts or pure components, are used in the synthesis of nanoparticles. These marine-inspired nanomaterials have been used as a therapeutic agent in the treatment of microbial infections (e.g., bacterial, fungal, and viral), tumors, cancer, inflammatory responses, and diabetes, and in wound healing. Furthermore, numerous marine-sourced polymeric materials, such as chitosan and alginate, are used as nanocarriers in drug delivery systems. Furthermore, various possible pure bioactive compounds have been loaded onto polymeric nanocarriers and used to treat infectious or non-infectious diseases.
The proposed Special Issue is devoted to the use of marine-inspired biomaterials in the manufacture of nanoparticles and their applications in the treatment of infectious and non-infectious diseases. This is an emerging research topic that is well suited for marine drugs, and we aim to receive publications (research and review papers) dealing with new discoveries in the field.
Dr. Fazlurrahman Khan
Prof. Dr. Young-Mog Kim
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- marine organism
- bioactive
- extracts
- pure compounds
- nanoparticles
- encapsulation
- nanocarrier
- microorganisms
- pathogens
- antibiofilm
- antifungal
- antiviral
- anti-inflammatory
- anticancer
- antioxidants
- antidiabetes
