Nano Natural Products: A Potential Source for Safer Drug Development

Abstract

Nanomedicine and nano delivery systems are a relatively new but rapidly developing science where materials in the nano scale range are employed to serve as means of diagnostic tools or to deliver therapeutic agents to specific targeted sites in a controlled manner. Nanotechnology offers multiple benefits in treating chronic human diseases by site-specific and target-oriented delivery of precise medicines. Recently, there are a number of outstanding applications of the nanomedicine or immunotherapeutic agents in the treatment of various diseases. The current investigation, presents an updated summary of recent advances in the field of nanomedicines and nano based safer drug delivery through comprehensive scrutiny of the discovery and application of nanomaterials in improving both the efficacy of novel nano natural products and selective diagnosis through disease marker safer drugs. The opportunities and challenges of nano natural products based nanomedicines in drug delivery from natural sources to their clinical applications. In addition, we have included information regarding the trends and perspectives in the field of natural products based safer nano phytopharmaeuticals and nanomedicines.