Beik J, Khademi S, Attaran N, Sarkar S, Shakeri-Zadeh A, Ghaznavi H, Ghadiri H.

Abstract:

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), owing to their elegant physicochemical properties, have recently been introduced as promising theranostic nanoparticles. Folic acid is a necessary vitamin for cell proliferation. Accordingly, the surface functionalization of AuNP with folic acid may offer a great potential for the development of a strategy to increase the efficiency of cancer diagnosis and therapy based on the new nanotechnology.