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Abstract

Current research into the role of engineered nanoparticles in drug delivery systems (DDSs) for medical purposes has developed numerous fascinating nanocarriers. This paper reviews the various conventionally used and current used carriage system to deliver drugs. Due to numerous drawbacks of conventional DDSs, nanocarriers have gained immense interest. Nanocarriers like polymeric nanoparticles, mesoporous nanoparticles, nanomaterials, carbon nanotubes, dendrimers, liposomes, metallic nanoparticles, nanomedicine, and engineered nanomaterials are used as carriage systems for targeted delivery at specific sites of affected areas in the body. Nanomedicine has rapidly grown to treat certain diseases like brain cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and many others. These nanomedicines can improve drug bioavailability and drug absorption time, reduce release time, eliminate drug aggregation, and enhance drug solubility in the blood. Nanomedicine has introduced a new era for drug carriage by refining the therapeutic directories of the energetic pharmaceutical elements engineered within nanoparticles. In this context, the vital information on engineered nanoparticles was reviewed and conferred towards the role in drug carriage systems to treat many ailments. All these nanocarriers were tested in vitro and in vivo. In the coming years, nanomedicines can improve human health more effectively by adding more advanced techniques into the drug delivery system.

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Title
Nanoparticles in Drug Delivery: From History to Therapeutic Applications
Author
Obaid Afzal 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Altamimi, Abdulmalik S A 1 ; Muhammad Shahid Nadeem 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Alzarea, Sami I 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Waleed Hassan Almalki 4 ; Aqsa Tariq 5 ; Mubeen, Bismillah 5   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Bibi, Nazia Murtaza 6 ; Iftikhar, Saima 7   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Riaz, Naeem 8 ; Kazmi, Imran 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia 
 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia 
 Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka 72341, Saudi Arabia 
 Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia 
 Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), The University of Lahore, Lahore 54000, Pakistan 
 Department of Zoology, Abbottabad University of Science and Technology (AUST), Abbottabad 22310, Pakistan 
 School of Biological Sciences, University of Punjab, Lahore 54000, Pakistan 
 Department of Pharmacy, COMSATS University, Abbottabad 22020, Pakistan 
First page
4494
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20794991
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2756777383
Copyright
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.