Sự thâm nhập và Độc tính của Vật liệu Nano ở Thực Vật Cao

Nanomaterials - Tập 5 Số 2 - Trang 851-873
Giuseppe Chichiriccò1, Anna Poma2
1Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio, I-67010 Coppito, L'Aquila, Italy.
2Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio, I-67010 Coppito, L'Aquila, Italy. [email protected].

Tóm tắt

Vật liệu nano (NMs) bao gồm các hạt vô cơ có thành phần kim loại, oxit và muối tồn tại trong tự nhiên và cũng có thể được sản xuất trong phòng thí nghiệm, hoặc các hạt hữu cơ phát sinh chỉ từ phòng thí nghiệm, có ít nhất một kích thước nằm trong khoảng từ 1 đến 100 nm. Tùy thuộc vào hình dạng, kích thước, diện tích bề mặt và điện tích, NMs có những tính chất cơ học, hóa học, điện, và quang khác nhau, khiến chúng trở nên phù hợp cho các ứng dụng công nghệ và y sinh, do đó, chúng ngày càng được sản xuất và điều chỉnh nhiều hơn. Mặc dù có tiềm năng lợi ích, việc sử dụng chúng có thể gây hại cho sức khỏe do khả năng thâm nhập vào cơ thể động vật và thực vật và tương tác với các tế bào. Các nghiên cứu về NMs liên quan đến các công nghệ viên, nhà sinh vật học, nhà vật lý, nhà hóa học và nhà sinh thái học, vì vậy có rất nhiều báo cáo đang làm gia tăng đáng kể mức độ kiến thức, đặc biệt trong lĩnh vực công nghệ nano; tuy nhiên, nhiều khía cạnh liên quan đến sinh học nano vẫn chưa được khám phá, bao gồm cả các tương tác với các phân tử sinh học thực vật. Trong bài tổng quan này, chúng tôi xem xét kiến thức hiện tại về cách mà NMs thâm nhập vào các cơ quan của thực vật và tương tác với các tế bào, nhằm làm sáng tỏ tính phản ứng của NMs và độc tính đối với thực vật. Những điểm này được thảo luận một cách chỉ trích để điều chỉnh sự cân bằng liên quan đến rủi ro đối với sức khỏe của thực vật cũng như cung cấp một số gợi ý cho các nghiên cứu mới về chủ đề này.

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