Recent advances and mechanistic insights into antibacterial activity, antibiofilm activity, and cytotoxicity of silver nanoparticles

N Tripathi, MK Goshisht - ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2022 - ACS Publications
The substantial increase in multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogenic bacteria is a major threat
to global health. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported …

Alzheimer's disease: pathogenesis, diagnostics, and therapeutics

S Tiwari, V Atluri, A Kaushik, A Yndart… - International journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Currently, 47 million people live with dementia globally, and it is estimated to increase more
than threefold (~ 131 million) by 2050. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the major …

Bactericidal and cytotoxic properties of silver nanoparticles

C Liao, Y Li, SC Tjong - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) can be synthesized from a variety of techniques including
physical, chemical and biological routes. They have been widely used as nanomaterials for …

Reactive oxygen species formed by metal and metal oxide nanoparticles in physiological media—a review of reactions of importance to nanotoxicity and proposal for …

A Kessler, J Hedberg, E Blomberg, I Odnevall - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Diffusely dispersed metal and metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) can adversely affect living
organisms through various mechanisms and exposure routes. One mechanism behind their …

Micro-and nanoplastics–current state of knowledge with the focus on oral uptake and toxicity

MB Paul, V Stock, J Cara-Carmona, E Lisicki… - Nanoscale …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The production and use of plastics has constantly increased over the last 30 years. Over one
third of the plastics is used in disposables, which are discarded within three years of their …

Silver nanoparticles: A new view on mechanistic aspects on antimicrobial activity

N Durán, M Durán, MB De Jesus, AB Seabra… - … , biology and medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
Silver nanoparticles are well known potent antimicrobial agents. Although significant
progresses have been achieved on the elucidation of antimicrobial mechanism of silver …

Copper-containing nanoparticles: Mechanism of antimicrobial effect and application in dentistry-a narrative review

X Ma, S Zhou, X Xu, Q Du - Frontiers in surgery, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Copper has been used as an antimicrobial agent long time ago. Nowadays, copper-
containing nanoparticles (NPs) with antimicrobial properties have been widely used in all …

Cancer therapy by silver nanoparticles: fiction or reality?

D Kovács, N Igaz, MK Gopisetty, M Kiricsi - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
As an emerging new class, metal nanoparticles and especially silver nanoparticles hold
great potential in the field of cancer biology. Due to cancer-specific targeting, the …

Antibacterial effect of silver nanoparticles in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

R Salomoni, P Léo, AF Montemor… - Nanotechnology …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Pseudomonas aeruginosa has great intrinsic antimicrobial resistance limiting the number of
effective antibiotics. Thus, other antimicrobial agents such as silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) …

Silver nanoparticles as colorimetric sensors for water pollutants

P Prosposito, L Burratti, I Venditti - Chemosensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
This review provides an up-to-date overview on silver nanoparticles-based materials
suitable as optical sensors for water pollutants. The topic is really hot considering the …