Selenium nanoparticles as a nutritional supplement

S Skalickova, V Milosavljevic, K Cihalova, P Horky… - Nutrition, 2017 - Elsevier
Selenium is an essential trace element in the diet, required for maintenance of health and
growth; however, its toxicity could cause serious damage depending on dose and chemical …

[HTML][HTML] Recent research progress on the synthesis and biological effects of selenium nanoparticles

T Zhang, M Qi, Q Wu, P Xiang, D Tang, Q Li - Frontiers in nutrition, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Selenium is an essential trace element for the human body, with the chemical and physical
characteristics of both metals and nonmetals. Selenium has bioactivities related to the …

[HTML][HTML] Green biosynthesis of selenium nanoparticles using orange peel waste: Characterization, antibacterial and antibiofilm activities against multidrug-resistant …

SS Salem, MSEM Badawy, AA Al-Askar, AA Arishi… - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
There is an increase of pathogenic multidrug-resistant bacteria globally due to the misuse of
antibiotics. Recently, more scientists used metal nanoparticles to counteract antibacterial …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative study of the antimicrobial activity of selenium nanoparticles with different surface chemistry and structure

N Filipović, D Ušjak, MT Milenković, K Zheng… - … in bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Although selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) have gained attention in the scientific community
mostly through investigation of their anticancer activity, a great potential of this nanomaterial …

[HTML][HTML] Laser ablation in liquids for nanomaterial synthesis: diversities of targets and liquids

D Zhang, Z Li, K Sugioka - Journal of Physics: Photonics, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The demand is growing for new nanoscience-based technologies with unique properties
that are different from traditional wet-chemical techniques. In recent years, laser ablation in …

Naked selenium nanoparticles for antibacterial and anticancer treatments

LD Geoffrion, T Hesabizadeh, D Medina-Cruz… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Currently, antibiotic resistance and cancer are two of the most important public health
problems killing more than∼ 1.5 million people annually, showing that antibiotics and …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic potential and main methods of obtaining selenium nanoparticles

EG Varlamova, EA Turovsky, EV Blinova - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
This review presents the latest data on the importance of selenium nanoparticles in human
health, their use in medicine, and the main known methods of their production by various …

Inhibition of E. coli and S. aureus with selenium nanoparticles synthesized by pulsed laser ablation in deionized water

G Guisbiers, Q Wang, E Khachatryan… - International journal …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Nosocomial diseases are mainly caused by two common pathogens, Escherichia coli and
Staphylococcus aureus, which are becoming more and more resistant to conventional …

Inhibition of Candida albicans biofilm by pure selenium nanoparticles synthesized by pulsed laser ablation in liquids

G Guisbiers, HH Lara, R Mendoza-Cruz… - … , Biology and Medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
Selenoproteins play an important role in the human body by accomplishing essential
biological functions like oxido-reductions, antioxidant defense, thyroid hormone metabolism …

Synergistic antifungal effect of chitosan-stabilized selenium nanoparticles synthesized by pulsed laser ablation in liquids against Candida albicans biofilms

HH Lara, G Guisbiers, J Mendoza… - International journal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background Candida albicans is a major opportunistic fungal pathogen. One of the most
important virulence factors that contribute to the pathogenesis of candidiasis is its ability to …