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Review Article

Gold Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Applications in Drug Delivery

AK Khan¹, R Rashid¹, G Murtaza²* and A Zahra¹

¹Department of Chemistry, ²Department of Pharmacy, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, 22060 Abbottabad, Pakistan

*For correspondence: Email: gmdogar356@gmail.com; Tel: +92-314-2082826; Fax: +92-992-383441

Received: 3 April 2014 Revised accepted: 2 June 2014

Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, July 2014; 13(7): 1169-1177

http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/tjpr.v13i7.23

Abstract

This review is focused essentially on the synthesis and applications of gold nanoparticles in the field of medicine and targeted drug delivery. Nanotechnology has become one of the most interesting and advanced areas of research in this field. Among nanoparticles, gold nanoparticles demonstrate special advantages in this field due to their unique properties, small size and high surface area-to-volume ratio. These particles have been widely used in various biomedical applications and drug delivery systems due to their inert nature, stability, high dispersity, non-cytotoxicity and biocompatibility.

Keywords: Biosynthesis, Gold nanoparticles, Biomedical applications, Targeted drug delivery, Nanotechnology.