Surface Coating-Modulated Phytotoxic Responses of Silver Nanoparticles in Plants and Freshwater Green Algae
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been implemented in a wide range of commercial products, resulting in their unregulated release into aquatic as well as terrestrial systems. This raises concerns over their impending environmental effects. Once released into the environment, they are prone to variou...
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| author | Renata Biba Karla Košpić Bruno Komazec Dora Markulin Petra Cvjetko Dubravko Pavoković Petra Peharec Štefanić Mirta Tkalec Biljana Balen |
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| description | Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been implemented in a wide range of commercial products, resulting in their unregulated release into aquatic as well as terrestrial systems. This raises concerns over their impending environmental effects. Once released into the environment, they are prone to various transformation processes that modify their reactivity. In order to increase AgNP stability, different stabilizing coatings are applied during their synthesis. However, coating agents determine particle size and shape and influence their solubility, reactivity, and overall stability as well as their behavior and transformations in the biological medium. In this review, we attempt to give an overview on how the employment of different stabilizing coatings can modulate AgNP-induced phytotoxicity with respect to growth, physiology, and gene and protein expression in terrestrial and aquatic plants and freshwater algae. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-137f58f907f34440b98de9fc8859cab02023-11-23T12:00:22ZengMDPI AGNanomaterials2079-49912021-12-011212410.3390/nano12010024Surface Coating-Modulated Phytotoxic Responses of Silver Nanoparticles in Plants and Freshwater Green AlgaeRenata Biba0Karla Košpić1Bruno Komazec2Dora Markulin3Petra Cvjetko4Dubravko Pavoković5Petra Peharec Štefanić6Mirta Tkalec7Biljana Balen8Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102a, HR-10000 Zagreb, CroatiaDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102a, HR-10000 Zagreb, CroatiaDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102a, HR-10000 Zagreb, CroatiaDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102a, HR-10000 Zagreb, CroatiaDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102a, HR-10000 Zagreb, CroatiaDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102a, HR-10000 Zagreb, CroatiaDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102a, HR-10000 Zagreb, CroatiaDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102a, HR-10000 Zagreb, CroatiaDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102a, HR-10000 Zagreb, CroatiaSilver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been implemented in a wide range of commercial products, resulting in their unregulated release into aquatic as well as terrestrial systems. This raises concerns over their impending environmental effects. Once released into the environment, they are prone to various transformation processes that modify their reactivity. In order to increase AgNP stability, different stabilizing coatings are applied during their synthesis. However, coating agents determine particle size and shape and influence their solubility, reactivity, and overall stability as well as their behavior and transformations in the biological medium. In this review, we attempt to give an overview on how the employment of different stabilizing coatings can modulate AgNP-induced phytotoxicity with respect to growth, physiology, and gene and protein expression in terrestrial and aquatic plants and freshwater algae.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/12/1/24silver nanoparticlesplantsgreen algaegrowthphotosynthesisoxidative stress |
| spellingShingle | Renata Biba Karla Košpić Bruno Komazec Dora Markulin Petra Cvjetko Dubravko Pavoković Petra Peharec Štefanić Mirta Tkalec Biljana Balen Surface Coating-Modulated Phytotoxic Responses of Silver Nanoparticles in Plants and Freshwater Green Algae Nanomaterials silver nanoparticles plants green algae growth photosynthesis oxidative stress |
| title | Surface Coating-Modulated Phytotoxic Responses of Silver Nanoparticles in Plants and Freshwater Green Algae |
| title_full | Surface Coating-Modulated Phytotoxic Responses of Silver Nanoparticles in Plants and Freshwater Green Algae |
| title_fullStr | Surface Coating-Modulated Phytotoxic Responses of Silver Nanoparticles in Plants and Freshwater Green Algae |
| title_full_unstemmed | Surface Coating-Modulated Phytotoxic Responses of Silver Nanoparticles in Plants and Freshwater Green Algae |
| title_short | Surface Coating-Modulated Phytotoxic Responses of Silver Nanoparticles in Plants and Freshwater Green Algae |
| title_sort | surface coating modulated phytotoxic responses of silver nanoparticles in plants and freshwater green algae |
| topic | silver nanoparticles plants green algae growth photosynthesis oxidative stress |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/12/1/24 |
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