Table 3.
Nanoemulsion | Hazardous components | Advantages | Health Hazards | References |
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Nondigestible inorganic nanoparticles | Silver nanoparticles | Food packaging | Reducing ATP content | [59] |
Increasing ROS production | [59] | |||
Food processing | Damaging mitochondria and DNA | [60] | ||
Food preservation | Chromosomal aberration | [61] | ||
Genotoxic | [62] | |||
Cytotoxic | [62] | |||
Carcinogenic | [63] | |||
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Digestible organic nanoparticles | Surfactants, lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates | Food packaging | Bioaccumulation | [64] |
Cellular damage | [65] | |||
Food processing | Degradation of proteins | [65] | ||
Cardiovascular diseases | [65] | |||
Food preservation | Obesity | [65] | ||
Carbon nanotubes | Food packaging | Cause skin and lungs disease | [66] |