Metal-based nanoparticles: Antibacterial mechanisms and biomedical application

D Franco, G Calabrese, SPP Guglielmino, S Conoci - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
The growing increase in antibiotic-resistant bacteria has led to the search for new
antibacterial agents capable of overcoming the resistance problem. In recent years …

Carbon dots: types, preparation, and their boosted antibacterial activity by photoactivation. Current status and future perspectives

KJ Lagos, D García, CF Cuadrado… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (CDs) correspond to carbon‐based materials (CBM) with sizes usually below
10 nm. These nanomaterials exhibit attractive properties such us low toxicity, good stability …

A dynamic covalent polymeric antimicrobial for conquering drug‐resistant bacterial infection

F Huang, X Cai, X Hou, Y Zhang, J Liu, L Yang… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing bacterial drug resistance to antibiotics has posed a major threat to contemporary
public health, which resulted in a large number of people suffering from serious infections …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding immune-modulatory efficacy in vitro

S Khatua, J Simal-Gandara, K Acharya - Chemico-Biological Interactions, 2022 - Elsevier
Boosting or suppressing our immune system represents an attractive adjunct in the
treatment of infections including SARS-CoV-2, cancer, AIDS, malnutrition, age related …

Recent Advances in Nanotechnology for the Management of Klebsiella pneumoniae–Related Infections

M Barani, H Fathizadeh, H Arkaban… - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Klebsiella pneumoniae is an important human pathogen that causes diseases such as
urinary tract infections, pneumonia, bloodstream infections, bacteremia, and sepsis. The rise …

Silver oxide nanoparticles: Synthesis via chemical reduction, characterization, antimicrobial, and cytotoxicity studies

UT Khatoon, A Velidandi - Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2024 - Elsevier
The present work reports the chemical synthesis of silver oxide (AgO) nanoparticles (NPs)
using oxalic acid (OA) and tri-sodium citrate (TSC) as reducing, capping, and stabilizing …

Evaluation of Antimicrobial and Chemopreventive Properties and Phytochemical Analysis of Solanum nigrum L. Aerial Parts and Root Extracts

E Gębarowska, J Łyczko, M Rdzanek, B Wiatrak… - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study evaluated in vitro antibacterial, antifungal, anticancer and antioxidant activities of
methanolic leaf and root extracts from Solanum nigrum L. and determined its chemical …

Phage therapy: an alternative treatment modality for MDR bacterial infections

N Pal, P Sharma, M Kumawat, S Singh… - Infectious …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The increasing global incidence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterial infections threatens
public health and compromises various aspects of modern medicine. Recognising the …

A Comprehensive Computer Aided Vaccine Design Approach to Propose a Multi-Epitopes Subunit Vaccine against Genus Klebsiella Using Pan-Genomics, Reverse …

KS Allemailem - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Klebsiella is a genus of nosocomial bacterial pathogens and is placed in the most critical list
of World Health Organization (WHO) for development of novel therapeutics. The pathogens …

The design of alapropoginine, a novel conjugated ultrashort antimicrobial peptide with potent synergistic antimicrobial activity in combination with conventional …

A Salama, A Almaaytah, RM Darwish - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Antimicrobial resistance represents an urgent health dilemma facing the
global human population. The development of novel antimicrobial agents is needed to face …