A Review: Gold nanoparticles in biomedical anti-cancer applications

Abstract

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPS) are highly promising organisms for solving a wide range of
medical problems due to their special properties and low toxicity. The production of gold
nanoparticles by biological method (green synthesis) is environmentally friendly and allows to
reduce the amount of harmful chemicals and toxic products. This review is devoted to anticancer
biomedical gold nanoparticle applications, and a variety of cancer types are mentioned, including
lung, breast, cervical, liver, colorectal, and drug delivery mechanism targeting cancer cells. Other
applications of these nanoparticles in vaccines, enzyme inhibition, vaccines, dentistry, and their
work as metal sensors and others were also discussed.