Chapter 1 Nanomaterials: Types of Nanomaterials and Their
Fundamental Physicochemical Properties....................................... 1
A. Shubha, S. R. Manohara, and S. S. Subhranshu
Chapter 2 Innovations in Nanotechnology for Biomedical Sensing,
Imaging, Drug Delivery, and Therapy........................................... 21
Anine Crous and Heidi Abrahamse
Chapter 3 Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery.................................................. 43
Shailja Jain, Srividya Gorantla, and Gautam Singhvi
Chapter 4 PLGA-Based Nanoparticulate Systems: New Trends in
Nanomedicine................................................................................ 73
Devendra Jain, Abhijeet Singh, Bjorn John Stephen,
Suman Sanadhya, Hemant Kumar Daima,
Harishkumar Madhyastha, and Radha Madhyastha
Chapter 5 Employing New Targeted Nanoencapsulation for
Alzheimer's Disease Treatment: A Change for the Better?........... 97
Arti Devi and Zaved Ahmed Khan
Chapter 6 Nanomaterials-Assisted Elicitation of
Pharmaceutically Important Secondary Metabolites from
In Vitro Plant Cell Cultures...........................................................117
Sekhar Tiwari, Sachin Kumar Verma, Abhishek Bhargava,
Anusha Ebenezer Alpheus, Rasanpreet Kaur,
Rajesh Sharma, and Neeraj Khare
Chapter 7 Impact of Nanomaterials on Health and Environment................ 133
Faisal Ali, Kanwal Akhtar, Ahmed Nawaz, M. Munir Sajid,
Naveed Akhtar Shad, Muhammad Abdul Qayyum, and Yasir Javed
Chapter 8 Consequences of Nanomaterials on Human
Health and Ecosystem.................................................................. 157
Priyanka Kumari, Richa Seth, and Abha Meena
Chapter 9 Conceptual Understanding of the Mechanisms of
Nanotoxicity and Safety of Nanomedicines................................. 201
Rotimi Damilare, Maimako Rotdelmwa, Ashonibare
Victory, Ogunnupebi Temitope, and Adeyemi Oluyomi Stephen
Chapter 10 Insights into the Mechanisms of Nanotoxicity and
Evaluation of Nanomaterials........................................................ 225
Vinod Kumar Yata
Chapter 11 Sensors to Monitor and Evaluate the Toxicity of
Nanomedicine Applications......................................................... 245
Bambang Kuswandi
Chapter 12 Systems Approaches for Toxicological
Assessment of Nanomaterials...................................................... 277
Hasmik Yepiskoposyan, Marja Talikka,
Vincenzo Belcastro, Nikolai V. Ivanov, Diego Marescotti,
Manuel C. Peitsch, and Julia Hoeng
Chapter 13 Measurement of Oxygen Consumption Rate Based on
Fluorescence Intensity and Lifetime as a Strategy to Assess
Nanotoxicity................................................................................. 303
T. Sushma, Hemant Kumar Daima, D. R. Ramesh Babu,
S. Amutha, and Sangly P. Srinivas
Chapter 14 Current Knowledge on Toxicity of Nanomaterials:
Toxicity Assessment and Impact.................................................. 339
Bhaskar Das, Mayuri Chabukdhara, Sanjukta Patra, and
Manashjit Gogoi
Chapter 15 The Role of Nanotechnology in the Management of
Water Toxicity.............................................................................. 377
Vinod Kumar Yata
Chapter 16 Challenges in the Assessment of Nanotoxicity,
Recommendations, and Safe-by-Design Nanomedicines to
Counter Toxicological Problems.................................................. 393
G. V. S. Subbaroy Sarma, Manoj Kumar Enamala,
Maria P. Nikolova, Murthy Chavali, and
Sudhakar Reddy Pamanji
Chapter 17 Current Guidelines and Regulatory Challenges, Insight into
the Legal, Societal, and Ethical Issues of Nanomaterials............ 445
Harjeet Nath, S. S. Subhranshu, and S. R. Manohara
