Green Synthesis and Biological Applications of Metal Nanoparticles Influenced by Different Seasonal Periods
A special issue of Pharmaceuticals (ISSN 1424-8247). This special issue belongs to the section "Pharmacology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2026) | Viewed by 1040
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Interests: nanoparticles; biological applications; environment; health; catalysis; nanobiotechnology; biochemistry; phytochemistry
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Interests: bioscience; nanobiotechnology, biochemistry, organic chemistry; nanoparticles; biological applications
Interests: nanoparticles; antimicrobials; resistance; bacteria; metallic products
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Dear Colleagues,
The synthesis of metal nanoparticles involves various parameters influencing the size, shape, composition, stability and other properties of nanostructures, which must be optimized to improve their final characteristics. However, in biogenic synthesis studies using plants, it is important to note that plant metabolism and the presence/concentration of biomolecules can vary considerably depending on biochemical, physiological, ecological and evolutionary processes, including changes related to seasonality, which deal with the seasons in which botanical materials are collected for use in producing metal nanoparticles.
Thus, our Special Issue, entitled “Green Synthesis and Biological Applications of Metal Nanoparticles Influenced by Different Seasonal Periods”, provides an opportunity to evaluate the influences of seasonal variations on the yield, characteristics, reproducibility and applications of metal nanoparticles, which can be justified by climatic and environmental variations at a global level. Knowledge of these probable relationships between seasonality and the properties of metallic nanostructures will help researchers to modulate the optimum conditions using these particles in various fields of nanotechnology, providing more consistent information on this subject.
We invite fellow researchers to contribute to Pharmaceuticals by submitting review articles or original research aligned with our topic, demonstrating recent findings on the proposed subject. The collection of manuscripts will be published as a Special Issue.
Dr. Alan Kelbis Oliveira Lima
Dr. Paulo Sérgio Taube
Prof. Dr. Gerson Nakazato
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanobiotechnology
- metal nanoparticles
- green chemistry
- biodiversity
- seasonality
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