About this Research Topic
This Research Topic aims to provide significant advances in the state of the art regarding phytopharmaceutical nanobiotechnology. The collection brings to the community the opportunity to share novel studies that fill knowledge gaps such as mechanism of generation and stabilization of nanostructures prepared with bioactive compounds, or comparison of performance of nanostructures when compared to bulk material (e.g. biological potential improvement, chemical and physical stability enhancements, and others). Green methods for the preparation of the natural product nanostructures are especially interesting, since it meets several of the United Nation Goals. The utilization of non-toxic solvents and/ low energy methods that make use of the chemical energy of the systems, instead of high energy methods, are especially promising.
We welcome Original Research, Review, Mini-Review, and Perspective articles on the recent advancements in development of natural product-based nanodelivery systems. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
• Development and evaluation of biological potential of natural product-based nanoformulations
• Development of natural product-based nano-emulsions, including as templates for nanoparticle production
• Green synthesis of metallic nanoparticles
• Chemical and physical characterization of natural product-based nanoformulations
• Utilization of dynamic light scattering for detection of secondary metabolites
Keywords: Colloids, Drug delivery systems, Nanoformulations, Secondary metabolites
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