Applications of Nanoflowers in Biomedicine

作者：Negahdary Masoud; Heli Hossein

来源：Recent Patents on Nanotechnology, 2018, 12(1): 22-33.

DOI：10.2174/1872210511666170911153428

• Advanced technology
• biological nanomaterials
• flower-like shape
• nanomedicine
• nanostructures
• specified morphology

Background: Nanotechnology has opened new windows for biomedical researches and treatment of diseases. Nanostructures with flower-like shapes (nanoflowers) which have exclusive morphology and properties have been interesting for many researchers.
Methods: In this review, various applications of nanoflowers in biomedical researches and patents from various aspects have been investigated and reviewed.
Results: Nanoflowers attracted serious attentions in whole biomedical fields such as cardiovascular diseases, microbiology, sensors and biosensors, biochemical and cellular studies, cancer therapy, healthcare, etc. The competitive power of nanoflowers against other in use technologies provides successful achievements in the progress of mentioned biomedical studies.
Conclusion: The use of nanoflowers in biomedicine leads to improving accuracy, reducing time to achieve the results, reducing costs, creating optimal treatment conditions as well as avoiding side effects of the treatment of specific diseases, and increasing functional strength.

• 出版日期2018