anticancerous nature of LPs is being exploited by the scientists to develop different

medicines. The incorporation of the nanomaterials like gold and silver with these

LPs has shown wonders in antimicrobial and antitumor properties. NP-LP

formulations though in the early stage of development have shown promising results

by enhancing the antimicrobial properties in many LPs and their delivery and

specificity. With future development and further research, NP-LP may become a

pioneer cancer drug. Though development issues like cost and environmental

factors, difficulty in achieving desires size and stability still prevail, but with

dedicated research, these shortcomings can be minimized. As a concluding remark,

it would not be wrong to say that NP-LP have boundless possibilities/applications

and they may emerge as one of the most important class of medicinal molecules of

twenty-first century.

Acknowledgements The authors are thankful to CSIR, New Delhi as well as DBT, New Delhi for

continuous financial support to the Department of Biotechnology, Himachal Pradesh University,

Shimla (India).

Financial Support This work has been funded by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research,

New Delhi, under a CSIR-NET Senior Research Fellowship [File No. 09/237(0161)/2017-EMR-1]

awarded to one of the authors (VC).

Declaration of Competing Interest Authors declare that they have no conflict of interest amongst

themselves or with parental institute.

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