The nanoparticle (NP) response of platelets is shown to be critically dependent on extent of
preactivation of platelets by an agonist like ADP. A transition from de-aggregatory to …

Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) are considered a potential probe to detect cancer. The present
article investigates whether GNPs, even in the absence of any specific functionalization, …

The cyanobacteria Phormidium valderianum, P. tenue and Microcoleus chthonoplastes and
the green algae Rhizoclonium fontinale, Ulva intestinalis, Chara zeylanica and Pithophora …

Intracellular bioconversion of auric ion (Au 3+ ) to gold nanorod (Au 0 ) by the cyanobacterium
Nostoc ellipsosporum has been observed for the first time in laboratory condition. The …

Purpose To develop an efficient biocompatible and targeted drug delivery system in which
platelets, an essential blood component having a natural affinity for cancer cells, are used as …

Present study reveals the low concentrations (∼4 ppm) of pesticide sensing vis-à-vis
degradation of pesticides with the help of nontoxic zinc oxide quantum dots (QD). In our study, we …

The effect of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) on the polymerization of tubulin has not been
examined till now. We report that interaction of weakly protected AuNPs with microtubules (MTs) …

Glycation, a local covalent interaction, leads to alterations in secondary and tertiary structures
of hemoglobin, the changes produced by fructose being more pronounced than those …

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a fatal vector-borne parasitic syndrome attributable to the
protozoa of the Leishmania donovani complex. The available chemotherapeutic options are not …

Purified bacterial cellulase and xylanase were activated in the presence of calcium hydroxyapatite
nanoparticles (NP) with concomitant increase in thermostability about 35% increment …