Wheat Germ Agglutinin—From Toxicity to Biomedical Applications

Toxicity Issues Related to Biomedical Applications of Carbon Nanotubes

Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) have emerged as a potential candidate for application in targeted drug delivery, cancer treatment, gene therapy and diagnostics. This review critically evaluates the biomedical potential of CNTs, and possible toxicological implications. Success of CNTs in other fields has not yet been translated to the biomedical field due to the lack of consistent data on toxicity, vari...

In vivo Toxicity Investigation of Magnesium Oxide Nanoparticles in Rat for Environmental and Biomedical Applications

Background: Magnesium oxide nanoparticles are characterized with a wide variety of applications and are mass-produced throughout the world. However, questions remain regarding their safety. There has been paucity of toxicology research on their side effects, especially under in vivo conditions. Objectives: The present paper aims at evaluating the...

Wheat Germ Agglutinin

Procedures for the isolation, purification, and crystallization of wheat germ agglutinin are described. The agglutinin was purified 184-fold to homogeneity from commercial wheat germ lipase. A molecular weight of 23,500 was estimated for the protein by means of sedimentation equilibrium and sodium dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis. The agghxtinin is a glycoprotein. Amino acid and carbohydrate...

Wheat germ-derived Ceramides

Novel Nanomaterials for Prospective Biomedical Applications: Synthesis, Structure and Toxicity

Magnetic nanoparticles, because of their unique properties, are expected to find many prospective applications including data storage, ferrofluids, catalysis, and biomedicine. In this critical review, synthesis methods as well as the characteristics of magnetic nanoparticles are presented. In addition, the benefits and drawbacks of using nanoparticles in biomedical applications are clearly pres...