The stability and dispersity of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs)
against
various biological, physicochemical, and physiological transformations
while retaining biocompatibility are fundamental for their myriad
utilization in various theragnostic applications. Besides, it would
be highly imperative if the AuNPs could be generated using environmentally
sustainable procedures. Remarkably stable, monodispersed AuNPs with
robustness against centrifugation, freeze-thawing, lyophilization,
acids, bases, electrolytes, and polar solvents are generated by utilizing
fish scale wastes. The AuNPs inherited self-integrity and dispersity
across various clinically significant biological fluids including
phosphate buffer saline, growth mediums, human blood serum, saliva,
and urine. Human blood serum interactions revealed negligible protein
corona consortium and biocompatibility with no hemolysis or cytotoxicity
toward peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Astonishingly, endurance
to all these biological, physicochemical, and physiological discrepancies
was comparable to that of universal stabilizer thiolated polyethylene
glycol (PEG) sorbed AuNPs. Such high stability and wide dispersity
are attributed to the firm shielding of AuNPs by the oligopeptide
fragments excreted from the scales, which also endowed AuNP functionalization
to diverse drugs. Notably, our results develop a biogenic production
of monodispersed AuNPs with natural sturdiness against harsh laboratory
and clinical environments to substitute the plunged biocompatibility
of PEG-Au sulfur chemisorption and PEG-Au physisorption approaches
for various imaging and drug delivery applications.