Green Nanoparticles Valuable Tools for the Food Sector

1. Smart Packaging: Innovative Packaging Strategies

Shazia Shifa, Durdana Yasin, and Neha Sami

2. Green Nanoparticles: Revolutionizing Food Safety Through Antimicrobial Excellence

Quazi Mohd. Imranul Haq and Syed Abdullah Gilani

3. Packaging with Green Nanoparticles as Antimicrobial Agents

N. Ramaraj, G. Thiripuranathar, S. Ekanayake, K. Attanayake, and R. A.U. J. Marapana

4. Smart Packaging: Opportunities and Challenges

Rahul A. Kalel

5. Green Nanoparticles as Nano Fertilizers

Umair Riaz, Tabinda Athar, and Hafiz Abdul Munam

6. Effects of Nanoparticles Produced by Green Synthesis Method on Plant Stresses

Sukru Nedim Beyoglu, Muhammet Goktug Kerek, Huseyin Turker, and Bengü Türkyılmaz Ünal

7. Green Nanoparticles as Nanoinsecticides and Nanonematicides

Ahmed Ali Romeh

8. Green Nanoparticles as Nanoherbicides

Ahmed Ali Romeh

9. Green Nanoparticles for Sustainable Agriculture Opportunities and Challenges

Huseyin Turker, Bengü Türkyılmaz Ünal, and Munir Ozturk

10. Green Nanoparticles to Water Pollution Remediation

Vinidu Gamage, Gobika Thiripuranathar, Upul Nishshanka, Namal Priyantha, Siyath Gunawardene, and Sumetha Jayanetti

11. Nanoremediation: Unveiling the Potential of Green Nanoparticles in Soil Pollution Management

Iffat Ayesha Khan, Fazal Haq, Mehwish Kiran, Ahmed I. Osman, Irum Bukhari, Mehreen Hashim, Tariq Aziz, Sumel Ashique, and Arshad Farid

12. The Potential of Green Nanoparticles in Pollutant Detection

Abubakar Suraja Ibrahim, Urvashi Garg, Noopur Srivastava, and Nisha Saxena

13. Green Nanoparticles in Sensors to Detect Pollutants

A. Kumaravel and S. Sathyamoorthi

14. Green Nanoparticles to Clean Water and Soil: Opportunities and Challenges

Tahreen Taj, Shailender Mohan, Himanshu Sharma, Sumel Ashique, Neeraj Mishra, and Arshad Farid

15. Bio-Inspired Healing: The Impact of Green Nanoparticles on Animal Disease Management

Irum Bukhari, Mehwish Kiran, Fazal Haq, Iffat Ayesha Khan, Arshad Farid, Sahid Mehmood, and Muhammad Haroon

16. Green Nanoparticles and Animal Disease Treatment

Muzemil Abdulazeez

17. Green Nanomaterials to Treat Bovine Mastitis Benefiting the Milk Production and the Dairy Industry

Fernanda Maria Policarpo Tonelli, Christopher Santos Silva, Vitória De Oliveira Lourenço, Vinicius Marx Silva Delgado, Geicielly Da Costa Pinto, and Flávia Cristina Policarpo Tonelli

18. Green Nanoparticles and Cytotoxic Aspects

Iqra Zareef, Amna Anwar, Ahsan Riaz, and Anam Munawar

Biography

Fernanda Maria Policarpo Tonelli, PhD, is currently an Assistant Professor at Federal University of São João del Rei, Divinopolis, MG, Brazil, where she teaches graduate and postgraduate students. She specializes in biotechnology/molecular biology and has been studying nanomaterials applications such as delivery and remediation as same as green synthesis protocols, and allelopathic potential of secondary metabolites from plants. These research projects resulted in 10 patent applications, three of them already analyzed and granted. She has published nine books and authored 15 scientific articles and more than 40 book chapters with international publishers. Dr. Tonelli has also dedicated herself to the promotion of science and technology through co-funding a nongovernmental organization. Her efforts as a researcher have been recognized with various awards, including For Women in Science Brazil (awarded by LOreal Brasil, UNESCO in Brazil, and Brazilian Academy of Sciences) and Under 30 Brazil (Forbes).

H. C. Ananda Murthy, PhD, is currently working as Professor of Inorganic Chemistry in the Department of Applied Sciences, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Papua New Guinea. He is also serving as the Adjunct Professor at Saveetha University, India. He has published more than 195 research/review articles in reputed international journals. He has authored 12 books, 24 book chapters and six compendia. He has a total of six patents to his credit. Dr. Murthy has recently been elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London, U.K. (FRSC-UK) and served as a guest editor for the journals Results in Chemistry, Journal of Nanomaterials, Evidence-based Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Frontiers in Food Science and Technology, and Micro-Machines. He has received a best paper presentation award, certificate of excellence for community service. and Certificate of Excellence by the Elsevier Researcher Academy. He has recently received the Excellent Researcher Award at Asia Science, Technology, and Research Awards Congress, held at Tirchy, Tamilnadu, India, in July 2023.

Letícia Fernandes de Oliveira, PhD, is currently working as an Associate Professor at Federal University of São João del Rei, UFSJ, Divinópolis, MG, Brazil. Her main research activities include food and products drying technology (osmotic, spray drying and conventional drying) and extraction and encapsulation of food bioactive compounds. She has published articles in scientific journals and has many other works in international and national congresses.

Khalid Rehman Hakeem, PhD, is Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. After completing his doctorate (botany, specialization in plant eco-physiology and molecular biology) from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India, he worked as a lecturer at the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India, and at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, where he was a Postdoctorate Fellow and Fellow Researcher (Associate Professor) for several years. Dr. Hakeem has more than 10 years of teaching and research experience in plant eco-physiology, biotechnology and molecular biology, medicinal plants, plant-microbe-soil interactions, as well as in environmental studies. He is the recipient of several fellowships at both national and international levels. He has served as a visiting scientist at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. Currently, he is involved with several international research projects with various government organizations. To date, Dr. Hakeem has authored and edited more than 60 books with international publishers. He also has to his credit more than 170 research publications in peer-reviewed international journals and 55 book chapters in edited volumes. At present, Dr. Hakeem serves as an editorial board member and reviewer for several high-impact international scientific journals. He is included in the advisory board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. He is also a fellow of the Plantae Group of the American Society of Plant Biologists, and a member of the World Academy of Sciences, the International Society for Development and Sustainability (Japan), and the Asian Federation of Biotechnology (Korea).