Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles to Fight the COVID-19

Mohammad Faizan¹*, Fangyuan Yu¹, Vishnu D Rajput², Tatiana Minkina² and Shamsul Hayat³

¹Collaborative Innovation Center of Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Forest Science, Nanjing Forestry University, China
²Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, Southern Federal University, Russia
³Plant Physiology Lab, Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, India

*Corresponding Author: Mohammad Faizan, Collaborative Innovation Center of Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Forest Science, Nanjing Forestry University, China.

Received: May 27, 2021; Published:June 09, 2021

Citation: Mohammad Faizan., et al. “Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles to Fight the COVID-19". Acta Scientific Agriculture 5.7 (2021): 14-16.

Abstract

  The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic represents an unpredicted health concern and declared as ‘public-health emergency of international concern” by the World Health Organization on 30 January 2020. The virus that is responsible for COVID-19, known as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has infected more than 160 million peoples and caused approximately 3.4 million deaths worldwide. Recent advancement in nanotechnology plays important role in diagnosing COVID-19 drug development programs. Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) have integrated into prevention of COVID-19. This review covers the use of NPs for the prevention of COVID-19. The tools for diagnosis of coronavirus, nano-based vaccines and NPs as a drug delivery agent for the handling of virus infection have been discussed.

Keywords: Diagnosis; Nanotechnology; Pandemic; Vaccines; Virus

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