Toxicity effects of Silver Nanoparticles repeated oral exposure in small intestine mucosa of mice.

As the use of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) is increasing fast in industry, food, medicines, etc., exposure to AgNPs is increasing in quantity day by day. So, it is imperative to know the adverse effects of AgNPs in man. In this study, we selected mice as an animal model and observed the effect of AgNPs on small intestinal mucosa. AgNPs 20 nm were administered orally at a dose of 5, 10, 15 and 20 mg/kg body weight to the Swiss-albino male mice...