Table 3.

Metallic nanoparticles at different sizes and shapes with anticancer activity.

Nanoparticles	Size (nm)	Shape	Cell line	Reference
Gold	2–16	Round	MCF-7 breast cancer cells	[82]
Chitosan	65	Round	MGC803 human gastric carcinoma cells	[83]
Gold	50	Rod	HeLa cells	[84]
Fe3O4	~5	Sphere	U-251 glioma cells	[85]
Fe3O4	~5	Sphere	T47D breast cancer cells	[85]
Folate-decorated quantum dots (QDs): loaded nanoparticles	280–300	Sphere	MCF-7 breast cancer cells and NIH-3T3 cells	[86]
Phosphatidylcholine-modified gold nanorods	65	Rod	HeLa cells	[87]
Highly water-dispersible and targeted CdS QDs	10–30	Sphere	CBRH7919 liver cancer cells	[88]
Solid lipid	145	Sphere	MCF-7 and MDAMB231 cells	[89]
Silver	16–20	Sphere	MCF-7 cells	[90]