PMID- 37836307 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231020 IS - 2079-4991 (Print) IS - 2079-4991 (Electronic) IS - 2079-4991 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 19 DP - 2023 Sep 28 TI - Graphene Oxide Nanostructures as Nanoplatforms for Delivering Natural Therapeutic Agents: Applications in Cancer Treatment, Bacterial Infections, and Bone Regeneration Medicine. LID - 10.3390/nano13192666 [doi] LID - 2666 AB - Graphene, fullerenes, diamond, carbon nanotubes, and carbon dots are just a few of the carbon-based nanomaterials that have gained enormous popularity in a variety of scientific disciplines and industrial uses. As a two-dimensional material in the creation of therapeutic delivery systems for many illnesses, nanosized graphene oxide (NGO) is now garnering a large amount of attention among these materials. In addition to other benefits, NGO functions as a drug nanocarrier with remarkable biocompatibility, high pharmaceutical loading capacity, controlled drug release capability, biological imaging efficiency, multifunctional nanoplatform properties, and the power to increase the therapeutic efficacy of loaded agents. Thus, NGO is a perfect nanoplatform for the development of drug delivery systems (DDSs) to both detect and treat a variety of ailments. This review article's main focus is on investigating surface functionality, drug-loading methods, and drug release patterns designed particularly for smart delivery systems. The paper also examines the relevance of using NGOs to build DDSs and considers prospective uses in the treatment of diseases including cancer, infection by bacteria, and bone regeneration medicine. These factors cover the use of naturally occurring medicinal substances produced from plant-based sources. FAU - AbouAitah, Khaled AU - AbouAitah K AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8413-6738 AD - Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Republic of Korea. AD - Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre (NRC), 33 El-Behouth Street, Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt. FAU - Sabbagh, Farzaneh AU - Sabbagh F AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2274-3855 AD - Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Beom Soo AU - Kim BS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7251-7231 AD - Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Republic of Korea. LA - eng GR - 2022H1D3A2A02090010/National Research Foundation of Korea/ PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20230928 PL - Switzerland TA - Nanomaterials (Basel) JT - Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 101610216 PMC - PMC10574074 OTO - NOTNLM OT - bacterial infections OT - bone regeneration medicine OT - cancer therapy OT - delivery systems OT - nanoformulations OT - nanographene oxide OT - natural agents OT - natural compounds COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/10/14 10:44 MHDA- 2023/10/14 10:45 PMCR- 2023/09/28 CRDT- 2023/10/14 01:17 PHST- 2023/08/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/09/23 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/09/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/10/14 10:45 [medline] PHST- 2023/10/14 10:44 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/10/14 01:17 [entrez] PHST- 2023/09/28 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - nano13192666 [pii] AID - nanomaterials-13-02666 [pii] AID - 10.3390/nano13192666 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Nanomaterials (Basel). 2023 Sep 28;13(19):2666. doi: 10.3390/nano13192666.