Emerging Roles of Green-Synthesized Chalcogen and Chalcogenide Nanoparticles in Cancer Theranostics

The last few decades have seen an overwhelming increase in the amount of research carried out on use inorganic nanoparticles. More fascinating is tremendous progress made chalcogen and chalcogenide nanoparticles cancer theranostics. These nanomaterials, which were initially synthesized through chemical methods, now been efficiently produced using different plant materials. paradigm shift towards biogenic route nanoparticle synthesis stems from its superior advantages biosafety, eco-friendliness, simplicity, among others. Despite a large number reviews available green chemistry, there currently dearth information chalcogens chalcogenides for research. Nanoformulations involving such as sulfur, selenium, tellurium their respective recently emerged promising tools therapeutics diagnosis. Similar to other nanoparticles, extracts purified biomolecules. In this review, we provide up-to-date discussion recent that has plant-mediated with special focus application