Nanobotany

This work synthesizes research and practical work, including various techniques and applications of botany and nanoparticles, including enzymology, pharmaceuticals, phenolics, antioxidants, metal particles, synthesis of nanoparticles by plants and microbes, and more. The text discusses the latest research as well as key sources of information condensed from other scholars across the globe, providing a comprehensive resource for scholars working in nanobotany, as well as chemists and researchers in the pharmaceutical industry.

List of contents

Plants and Nanoworld: Introduction.- Biochemicals: Reducing Agents.- Classification of Green Nanoparticles.- Protein Capping and Nanoparticles.- Nanobotany and Pharmaceuticals.- Enzymology and Nanoparticles.- Synthesis of Nanoparticles by Microbes.- Applications of Synthesized Nanoparticles.- Nanofibers, Nanowires, and Nanodrug Applications.- Analytical Techniques in Nanobotany.- Future Prospects.- Bibliography.- Glossary.- Index.

About the author

Dr. Sumera Javad
Assistant Professor
Lahore College for Women University
Department of Botany
Lahore, Pakistan

Ayesha Butt
Lecturer
Department of TESOL
Lahore College for Women University
Lahore, Pakistan

Summary

Provides the first practical comprehensive source of information on nanobotany
Analyzes the latest techniques and applications in plant-based nanoparticle research
Includes over 75 rich illustrations accompanying concepts throughout

Product details

• Assisted by: Butt (Editor), Butt (Editor), Ayesha Butt (Editor), Sumer Javad (Editor), Sumera Javad (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319771182
• ISBN: 978-3-31-977118-2
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 20 mm x 243 mm
• Weight: 562 g
• Illustrations: XX, 248 p. 66 illus., 60 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; B, Evolution, Pflanzenbiologie, biochemistry, biotechnology, Plant Physiology, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Botany & plant sciences, Plant Biochemistry, Taxonomy & systematics, Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Plant systematics, Plant Evolution, Plant taxonomy, Plant breeding, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Plant Biotechnology