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. 2020 Jun 21;21(12):4412. doi: 10.3390/ijms21124412

Table 2.

Summarizes the in vitro and in vivo anti-tumor efficacies of the various nanomaterials presented in Table 1.

Efficacy Results (In Vitro & In Vivo)
of the Different Nanomaterials Presented in Table 1
References
cytotoxicity of NiO NP against HepG2 cancer cells (IC50 = 38 μg/mL) [41], Abbasi 2019
Cytoxicity of Pt NP against MCF-7, HCT-116, HepG-2 cells (90 < IC50 < 290 µg/mL) [42], Al-Radad i2019
Cytotoxicity of Pd NP towards A549 lung cancer cells
No cytoxicity towards healthy peripheral lymphocytes
[43], Anand 2016
Pd NP have larger cytotoxicity toward human leukemia (MOLT-4) cells (IC50 = 0.006 μM) than tea extract (IC50 = 0.9 μM), doxorubicin (IC50 = 2 μM), or cisplatin (IC50 = 0.013 μM).
NP relatively not cytotoxic towards healthy human fibroblast (HDF-a) cells.
Cytotoxicity due to apoptosis/G2/M cell-cycle arrest
NP have anti-oxydant activity
[44], Azizi 2017
Au NP anticancer activity against HeLa cells
(through apoptosis)
[45], Baharara 2016
Cytotoxicity of ZnO NP towards Hep-G2 cells
(ROS induce damage to DNA of the cells)
[46], Chung 2015
Cu NP are cytotoxic towards MCF-7 breast cancer cells [47], Chung 2017
Te NW (concentration between 5 and 100 μg/mL) improves healthy cell proliferation/decreases cancer cell growth.
Higher efficacy compared with chemical Te NW.
[48], Crua 2019
Se NP cytotoxic towards HepG2 cells (IC50 = 19 µg/mL)
NP produce ROS
Cellular death through apoptosis
[49], Cui 2018
Cytotoxicity towards MCF-7 breast cancer cells of Ag NP (10 μg/mL) and PDT (0.5 mJ/cm2)
Due to mitochondrial damage and intracellular ROS production
[50], Erdogan 2019
No CeO2 NP cytotoxicitys on periodental fibroblast cells. [51], Kargar 2015
Rosemary-FeNPs more cytotoxic towards 4T1
and C26 cancer cells than free Rosemary extract
[52], Farschchi 2018
Injection of magnetosomes in glioblastoma followed by several AMF applications leads to full tumor disappearance [53], Alphandéry 2017
Magnetosome cytotoxicity towards GBM RG-2 and GL-261 cells under the application of an AMF of 200 kHz and 40 mT. [54], Hamdous 2017, 63, Mandawala 2017
Au NP cytotoxic towards epidermoid carcinoma A431 cells upon laser irradiation laser at 800 nm (6 W/cm2). [55], Fazal 2014
Tb2O3 NP cytotoxic towards MG-63 and Saos-2 osteosarcoma cancer cells (IC50 = 0.102 μg/mL)
Tb203 NP not cytotoxic towards primary osteoblasts up
to 0.373 μg/mL.
[56], Iram 2016
Cytotoxicity of MgO NP towards A-549 human lung cancer cells (IC50 = 100 μg ml−1 after 24 h incubation)
Less cytotoxicity of MgO NP twoards healthy vero cells (IC50 = 140 µg/mL)
[57], Majeed 2018
BaCO3 NP cytotoxic towards cervical carcinoma cells [58], Nagajyothi 2016
Possibility to add Curcumin at the surface of bismuth sulfide NP and to induce cytotoxicity towards HT-29 cells by release of CUR. [59], Nosrati 2019
Th NP cytotoxic towards A 375 melanoma cells. [60], Pol 2018
CdS QD cytotoxic towards A549 lung cancer cells. [61], Shivaji 2018
CoPt have better biocompatibility/lower toxicity than previously reported Co NP, Co@Au NP, and CoPt NP. → due to good biocompatibility/anti-oxidation
potential of polyphenols that prevent cobalt release.
[62], Song 2016
MnO2 NP cytotoxic towards 4T1 breast cancer cells [63], Chen 2016