Nanocompatible chemistry toward fabrication of target-specific gold nanoparticles.

Nanocompatible chemistry which utilizes a novel nontoxic phosphino amino acid as a reducing agent has resulted in the development of therapeutically useful gold nanoparticles under biologically benign media. Stabilization of gold nanoparticles by the edible gum arabic matrix has provided an effective pathway toward in vivo stable target-specific gold nanoparticles.