Adverse effects of neem Nanoformulations against Mammals

ISBN-13: 9786202673150 / Angielski

Mohamed Abdel-Raheem; Alaa Eldin Bayoumi Abd Elkhalek; Nadia Zikry Dimetry

Opis

Little information is available in relation to the toxic effects of the prepared nano-particles on the mammalian organisms. From the available information and/or some facts related to the toxicity of the nano-particles is that a large number of scientific evidence, such as increasing the heart, pulmonary and neurological diseases caused by the nano-particles, were pushed many international scientific organizations to recognize the harmful effects of nano-particles, even the emergence of Nano-toxicology. Furthermore, the long term exposure to the nano-structures agents may lead to new/unforeseen harmful effects. Also, it is not known how the ingested nano-particles will behave in the body. In addition, absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion profiles of nano-materials are different from bulk equivalents. So the long term health consequences of ingested bio-persistent nano-particles are not known. Based on such facts, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)/ World Health Organization (WHO) expert Meeting on the application of nano-technologies decided to carry out a risk assessment of each nano-particles based products (Buzea et al., 2007).

O autorze

Abdel-Raheem, Mohamed
Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Raheem, Pests & Plant Protection Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt, Prof. Dr. Alaa Eldin Bayoumi Abd Elkhalek, Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University and Prof. Dr. Nadia Zikry Dimetry, Pests & Plant Protection Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.