Nanotechnology is a field of applied science and technology which aims to develop devices and dosage forms in the range of 1 to 100 nm. The applications of nanotechnology for treatment, diagnosis, monitoring, and control of biological systems have recently been referred to as nanomedicine. The nano carriers have been made of safe materials, including synthetic biodegradable polymers, lipids, and polysaccharides.
For example, the antibacterial properties of some nano extracts increased by 10-folds. Reducing the particle size to the nanoscale increases their penetration depth. Therefore, we formulated 30 types of plant extracts, he explained.
“We are looking for industrial application of these nanostructures. We recently introduced one of our formulations that could increase the shelf life of protein products,” he stated.
Nanotechnology, with its transdisciplinary nature, has broken the boundaries of various sciences and provided the basis to increase the quality of life. Therefore, the private sector, with the support of the Nanotechnology Innovation Council and InnoTEN, seeks to support projects and commercialize the products.
Nanotechnology improvement
One of the industries that have experienced good growth in Iran in recent years, proving the country’s scientific development, is the nanotechnology industry, a subject area that has brought Iran to the world’s fourth place.
Currently, nanotech products are produced and marketed in more than 15 industrial fields based on domestic technologies and are being exported to 49 countries from five continents.
Nanotech products are manufactured in more than 15 industrial fields, being exported to 49 countries.
Over the past year (ended March 20), the total sale of Iranian nano products has been equal to 115 trillion rials (nearly $425 million).
The expansion of nanotechnology export programs in recent years and the establishment of bases for exporting nanoproducts to China, India, Indonesia, Syria, Turkey, and Iraq have provided the opportunity for the entry of Iranian nanotechnology goods and equipment, and services into global markets.
Some 42 percent of the products in this field are related to construction, more than 17 percent to the field of oil, gas, and petrochemicals, 13 percent to the field of automobiles, and over 10 percent to the field of optoelectronic.
Some 270 companies are active in the nanotechnology field and it is predicted that their revenue will reach up to 80 trillion rials (nearly $310 million), Vice President for Science and Technology, Sourena Sattari, announced.
Iran’s ranking in nanotechnology articles citation in 2019 has significantly improved compared to 2018, as it moved 26 levels higher, according to the StatNano’s statistics collected from the WoS database.
Based on a report Nanotechnology Publications report, Iran ranked 38 worldwide for the average number of times the nano-articles have been cited in the Journal Citation Reports in 2019, while in 2018, it was placed 64.
It also ranked 4th for the highest number of nano article publications.
TYPES OF NANOPHARMACEUTICALS
- Polymeric nanoparticles
- Solid lipid nanoparticles
- Magnetic nanoparticles
- Metal and inorganic nanoparticles
- Quantum dots
- Polymeric micelles
- Phospholipids micelles
- Colloidal nano-liposomes
- Dendrimers
There are several methods for extracting herbs. However, the novel drug delivery system (NDDS)-nanotechnology has been gaining popularity as a method to extract herbal extracts. NDDS offers miraculous promises as it is a complete processing system that combines the methods of drug formulation (pharmaceutics), biochemistry, molecular biology, and process and technology. In this method, a nano sized drug release system is used to transmit medicines on the targeted parts of the human body safely. NDDS serves many purposes, such as it minimizes the requirement of frequent supervision to conquer refusal, enhances the remedial worth, minimizes toxicity, and rises bioavailability.
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