Applications of lysozyme, an innate immune defense factor, as an alternative antibiotic

P Ferraboschi, S Ciceri, P Grisenti - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lysozyme is a~ 14 kDa protein present in many mucosal secretions (tears, saliva, and
mucus) and tissues of animals and plants, and plays an important role in the innate …

Chitosan-based nanoparticles against bacterial infections

S Rashki, K Asgarpour, H Tarrahimofrad… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chitosan nanomaterials have become a hot topic in biomedicine due to exerting
antimicrobial effects with interestingly high levels of biodegradability and biocompatibility …

Chitosan-based nanosystems and their exploited antimicrobial activity

DR Perinelli, L Fagioli, R Campana, JKW Lam… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Chitosan is a biodegradable and biocompatible natural polysaccharide that has a wide
range of applications in the field of pharmaceutics, biomedical, chemical, cosmetics, textile …

Degradability of chitosan micro/nanoparticles for pulmonary drug delivery

N Islam, I Dmour, MO Taha - Heliyon, 2019 - cell.com
Chitosan, a natural carbohydrate polymer, has long been investigated for drug delivery and
medical applications due to its biodegradability, biocompatibility and low toxicity. The …

Nanomedicines for the delivery of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs)

MC Teixeira, C Carbone, MC Sousa, M Espina… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Microbial infections are still among the major public health concerns since several yeasts
and fungi, and other pathogenic microorganisms, are responsible for continuous growth of …

Interests of chitosan nanoparticles ionically cross-linked with tripolyphosphate for biomedical applications

L Bugnicourt, C Ladavière - Progress in polymer science, 2016 - Elsevier
The process of ionic gelation is one of the easiest ways to develop chitosan nanoparticles
reported so far in the literature. Its success is mainly due to its one-shot synthesis, and to the …

Tools for nano-enabled agriculture: Fertilizers based on calcium phosphate, silicon, and chitosan nanostructures

G Fellet, L Pilotto, L Marchiol, E Braidot - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Green New Deal requires a profound transformation of the agricultural sector, which will
have to become more sustainable and ensure universal access to healthy food. Thus, it will …

Micro-and nanoparticles by electrospray: advances and applications in foods

JA Tapia-Hernández, PI Torres-Chávez… - Journal of agricultural …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Micro-and nanotechnology are tools being used strongly in the area of food technology. The
electrospray technique is booming because of its importance in developing micro-and …

Chitosan nanoparticles loaded with the antimicrobial peptide temporin B exert a long-term antibacterial activity in vitro against clinical isolates of Staphylococcus …

AM Piras, G Maisetta, S Sandreschi… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Nowadays, the alarming rise in multidrug-resistant microorganisms urgently demands for
suitable alternatives to current antibiotics. In this regard, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have …

Electrospraying: A facile technology unfolding the chitosan based drug delivery and biomedical applications

M Kurakula, NR Naveen - European Polymer Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Chitosan (CS) a promising biopolymer has been explored for wide biomedical applications
using different technologies. Electrospraying is one of the advancing liquid atomization …