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Contents
1 Nanotoxicity and Nanoecotoxicity: Introduction, Principles,
and Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
Shawn Hughes and Eylem Asmatulu
2 Nanomaterials and Human Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Süleyman Tekmen and Selda Öksüz
3 Safety and Utility of Nanomaterials on Reproduction
and Development: An Update of Alternative Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Anna Giulia Cattaneo
4 Nano-toxicity to Microbes: Potential Implications
of Nanomaterials on Microbial Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Hemraj Chhipa
5 Nanomaterials Causing Cellular Toxicity and Genotoxicity . . . . . . . . 125
Bensu Karahalil
6 Exploring Microbial Nanotoxicity Against Drug Resistance
in Bacteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Rajeshwari Sinha, Ayesha Sadaf, and Sunil K. Khare
7 Toxicity of Engineered Nanostructures in Aquatic
Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Flávia F. Pereira, Marcos D. Ferreira, Claudio M. Jonsson, Katia
Regina de Jesus, Vera Lúcia Scherholz de Castro,
and Daniel S. Correa
8 In Vitro Methodologies for Toxicological Assessment
of Drug Delivery Nanocarriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Maria C. Teixeira, Carolina G. Rodrigues, Aleksandra Zielińska,
Joana R. Campos, Ana R. Fernandes, Andrea A. M. Shimojo,
and Eliana B. Souto